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 granite tiles at the Zaventem airport in Brussels are a stranger colour every time…
“THE SWEDES ARE WAITING FOR YOU IN THE PARKING LOT,” said an early morning voice…
ON BRINGING MY HEAD ABOVE THE SURFACE, I DISCOVERED A GIRL WITH DREADLOCKS (the rasta…
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Now. I walk down the hill of UN Drive towards my house in Mamba Point…
There’s a certain military feel to the air, and people who come and go, smiling…
Nonetheless, there are also a series of characters that are respectably accomplished. This is the…
The narrator’s voice maintains an objective and firm tone throughout, but on page 130, the…
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WE LEAVE GBARNGA BEHIND. It hits us that this time we are going for good and we are suddenly overwhelmed with sadness: the green and red has got under our skin by…
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…
Doe’s government had never been stable and had always run the risk of being overthrown…
The House at Sugar Beach is an autobiographical novel (it may also be considered quite…
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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…
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…
