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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Africa
RUN. RUN. When we ran in Monrovia in among the shacks, trampling the earth and…
Our football team has won and we’re all celebrating at the Red Lion, under the…
What is it that’s so important you have to say? Well, here goes. Friends, readers,…
Africa
Ingrid still had not recovered and she was lying down, her body paralysed into a…
SAMUEL IS THE BOSS. That’s what I realise on the next day from the way…
Nonetheless, there are also a series of characters that are respectably accomplished. This is the…
Being born black can be very hard, and while there are quite a few nuances,…
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Another aspect that did not convince me in Heart of Darkness is the fact that some characters are named, but then they are not developed nor do they appear later within the…
CAN I SAY SOMETHING? Imagine an airport. Can you think of an airport and feel what it is? An airport, a kaleidoscopic space, a mental multiplication, a neurological trampoline. And meanwhile, I…
Doe’s government had never been stable and had always run the risk of being overthrown…
Things Fall Apart is a classic piece of African literature, and why not, of world…
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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…
I’ve never had to deal with them. I don’t know what they talk about. I ignore what they like. In meetings, all countries are usually present but them. I have received emails…
