I’m Carlos Battaglini and I left everything to become a writer. Here you will find posts about my curious life in Liberia and other African countries. It is also where I immerse myself in the burning light of African literature through brutally honest book reviews. Welcome to your home and thanks for joining me on this adventure.
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Did you know that the sea and air conditioning sound quite alike? When I am…
The meeting will begin at eight o’clock in the morning. That’s what the green paper…
IT’S HERE. Rick comes to fetch me in the morning at the Hilltop Hotel in…
Africa
ONE DAY MORE In LIBERIA (ONE DAY LESS…) I am exhausted as I start to…
This is what expats ask each other: “Where are you from?” “How long have you…
Despite a number of negative consequences, Powers also discovers that these same development projects are…
Blue Clay People tells the story of William Powers, a North American aid worker in…
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I hit the streets once again without an umbrella in Liberia and after taking a mere seven steps, I have to go back in. Under some kind of porch, I wait to…
The meeting will begin at eight o’clock in the morning. That’s what the green paper on my desk says and that’s what I tell Roland, who has driven me here in the…
Regarding the novel’s title, one wonders why beautyful and not beautiful? It seems probable that…
Going back to Helene Cooper’s life, it became considerably more complicated when the Liberian civil…
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ONE DAY MORE In LIBERIA (ONE DAY LESS…) I am exhausted as I start to write. It’s been a hard day again and the last thing I fancy doing is tapping away…
Regarding the novel’s title, one wonders why beautyful and not beautiful? It seems probable that this has been a slip in the English spelling, which is not uncommon in Africa. In fact,…
