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
I run. I run next to a European girl and a Liberian. I keep up…
THE FOOD TAKES A WHILE TO COME. The food sometimes takes a while to come…
At first we did not talk. Never ever. Not even whenever I’d set foot in…
Africa
Click, click. We have several photos taken with the people at the organisation and with…
I AM WRITING FROM ACCRA, GHANA, AND I CAN SCARCELY BELIEVE THAT I AM FINALLY…
The House at Sugar Beach is an autobiographical novel (it may also be considered quite…
Cooper goes on to express her appreciation for the support and assistance received. Referring to…
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Cooper goes on to express her appreciation for the support and assistance received. Referring to six friends of her, she says “the six of them helped me figure out what I wanted…
Now. I walk down the hill of UN Drive towards my house in Mamba Point and I see her. It’s as if the Liberians who are randomly walking around on the street…
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country…
Why Nobody Knows When He Will Die is a book that consists of ten stories…
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As we return to the car, I share with Fred and Alex what Kapuscinski once wrote about Liberia in his masterpiece, The Shadow of the Sun. How he’d be decapitated if he…
IT’S FULL OF PIGS. That’s what we found upon arrival at the next village, Green Hill Quarry, in Liberia. The village is shaped like an L-shaped slide. It’s so inclined that it feels like…
