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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HE RAISES HIS HAND. In the middle of the trial, the man with the gold…
As we return to the car, I share with Fred and Alex what Kapuscinski once…
GOAL. Goooal!!!! That was a goooooal !!! Goooooooal!!! The whole Samuel Doe Stadium erupts. It’s…
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ON THE UNSTOPPABLE ROAD TO INSANITY that stems from any mental insistence (please keep reading).…
GOAL. Goooal!!!! That was a goooooal !!! Goooooooal!!! The whole Samuel Doe Stadium erupts. It’s…
Doe’s government had never been stable and had always run the risk of being overthrown…
Going back to Helene Cooper’s life, it became considerably more complicated when the Liberian civil…
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Going back to Helene Cooper’s life, it became considerably more complicated when the Liberian civil war broke out, a factor that forced her to move to the United States, specifically to Knoxville,…
SAMUEL IS THE BOSS. That’s what I realise on the next day from the way they all stare at him when he greets me. One’s eyes can reveal a leader’s terrain. Samuel…
Regarding the novel’s title, one wonders why beautyful and not beautiful? It seems probable that…
The House at Sugar Beach is an autobiographical novel (it may also be considered quite…
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“We are going out tonight,” says François as he grabs onto my arm at the Sajj. I gulped down one more Club beer and felt apprehensively ready to hit the night in…
I KNOW RIGHT FROM THE START THAT JOKERS IS NOT MY KIND OF BAR. The moment I step foot out of the taxi, I can sense a certain carefreeness and self-confidence in…
