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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ON BRINGING MY HEAD ABOVE THE SURFACE, I DISCOVERED A GIRL WITH DREADLOCKS (the rasta…
IT’S HERE. Rick comes to fetch me in the morning at the Hilltop Hotel in…
I KNOW RIGHT FROM THE START THAT JOKERS IS NOT MY KIND OF BAR. The…
Africa
“I have typhus, not today.” “Cool, come and watch the match then.” The first message…
The Shadow of the Sun narrates the experiences of the Polish journalist, Ryszard Kapuscinski in…
The Beautyful ones are not yet born by Ayi-Kweih-Armah is a novel that tells the story of…
Murder in the Cassava Patch is a very good african literature work, and tells the story…
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The Beautyful ones are not yet born by Ayi-Kweih-Armah is a novel that tells the story of a railway traffic control clerk in Ghana, who is disenchanted with life and the course of events…
Sometimes we think ahead and this time, before going to the best beach in Buchanan, we head to the “restaurant” owned by the Lebanese man so he can prepare us some food…
Things Fall Apart is a novel that narrates the story of Okonkwo, an Igbo farmer…
For those who have lived and worked in Liberia, or for those who are doing…
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Despite a number of negative consequences, Powers also discovers that these same development projects are sometimes capable of providing real help and happiness to local communities. William discovers this by delving deeper…
At first we did not talk. Never ever. Not even whenever I’d set foot in his motley Nissan Sunny, which was attempting to be yellow and I’d make some friendly, open comment.…
