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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This is what expats ask each other: “Where are you from?” “How long have you…
HE RAISES HIS HAND. In the middle of the trial, the man with the gold…
I run. I run next to a European girl and a Liberian. I keep up…
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I’ve never had to deal with them. I don’t know what they talk about. I…
I GENTLY WALK INTO THE MINISTRY OF LAND, MINES AND ENERGY in Liberia, but nobody sees…
Despite a number of negative consequences, Powers also discovers that these same development projects are…
Things Fall Apart is a classic piece of African literature, and why not, of world…
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I HAVE HAD A FEW DRINKS TOO MANY, and shit, now I forgot what I was going to say. Eeerm, basically with today’s post I intend to talk about those who leave…
I can’t help it. I am reading an interesting novel about a violinist who loses his talent out of the blue, but I cannot help it. Pages fourteen and fifteen have been…
Murder in the Cassava Patch is a very good african literature work, and tells the story…
Heart of Darkness narrates the story of a sailor named Marlow, who one day decides…
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THE TELEPHONE IN MY BEDROOM RINGS AT HALF PAST SIX IN THE MORNING. Irritated, I place the receiver to my ear, and the receptionist tells me that a driver is waiting for…
RUN. RUN. When we ran in Monrovia in among the shacks, trampling the earth and the sand, dodging dilapidated huts, I would brush against the zinc ceilings that were caving in. Sometimes…
