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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THE GATES WERE CLOSING AT THE POLLING STATION SET UP AT WATERSIDE, BUT WE MANAGED…
There is someone in the kitchen. It’s a young man of medium height. His name…
I HAD JUST BEEN TO EUROPE. I HAD JUST BEEN TO SPAIN. I HAD FELT…
Africa
WE LEAVE GBARNGA BEHIND. It hits us that this time we are going for good…
ONE DAY MORE In LIBERIA (ONE DAY LESS…) I am exhausted as I start to…
Nonetheless, there are also a series of characters that are respectably accomplished. This is the…
This novel also considers how most utopian dreams of liberation in the recently independent Africa…
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It’s the brakes. A steel voice informs me that something is wrong with the brake fluid. My car is not up to it, or perhaps it’s just melancholic. And since then, I…
What is it that’s so important you have to say? Well, here goes. Friends, readers, comrades and others, it’s time for me to take off the mask! The time has come for…
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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HE SPEAKS CALMLY, KEEPING THE SAME TONE OF VOICE THROUGHOUT. He moves his hands slowly, only half looking at you, steadily interrupting your rushed arguments and shakes his head a couple of…
Nonetheless, there are also a series of characters that are respectably accomplished. This is the case of Blaine, Ifem’s smart boyfriend, through whom we sharply assess his drivel and pedantry for an…
