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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MONIQUE, THE WOMAN WHO HATED (AND LOVED) GUINEA CONAKRY, had allowed another truce with this…
IT’S HERE. Rick comes to fetch me in the morning at the Hilltop Hotel in…
“I have typhus, not today.” “Cool, come and watch the match then.” The first message…
Africa
RUN. RUN. When we ran in Monrovia in among the shacks, trampling the earth and…
“THE SWEDES ARE WAITING FOR YOU IN THE PARKING LOT,” said an early morning voice…
The narrator’s voice maintains an objective and firm tone throughout, but on page 130, the…
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country…
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Our football team has won and we’re all celebrating at the Red Lion, under the influence of Club Beers and other natural juices. Like every other day, nightfall is punctual and dictatorial.…
“GUINEA? WHY GUINEA? Why would you complicate your life?” the Lebanese landlord asked me, frowning and bringing a hand to his head. “Why don’t you go to Namibia? It’s a wonderful country”.…
Going back to Helene Cooper’s life, it became considerably more complicated when the Liberian civil…
Nonetheless, there are also a series of characters that are respectably accomplished. This is the…
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“If you go to Kindia, you know: go up Gangan and go and see my Guinean family”, said Monique, my Belgian friend in Liberia. Despite the fact that Monique had left Guinea…
IT’S HERE. Rick comes to fetch me in the morning at the Hilltop Hotel in Gbarnga and we get into the Toyota Land Cruiser. Vroom, vroom. We set off for the compound…
