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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ONE DAY MORE In LIBERIA (ONE DAY LESS…) I am exhausted as I start to…
THE GATES WERE CLOSING AT THE POLLING STATION SET UP AT WATERSIDE, BUT WE MANAGED…
FEAR IN BLACK AND WHITE. Some people have started leaving the bar, forming a scary,…
Africa
THE FOOD TAKES A WHILE TO COME. The food sometimes takes a while to come…
They say that nobody ever saw that Spanish woman who worked for the embassy again.…
The Beautyful ones are not yet born by Ayi-Kweih-Armah is a novel that tells the story of…
Despite a number of negative consequences, Powers also discovers that these same development projects are…
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HE RAISES HIS HAND. In the middle of the trial, the man with the gold earring raises his hand and asks for permission to go to the bathroom for a minute. The…
The word Party encapsulates the meaning of the universe. The idea of a party offers an opportunity to escape from the powerful and dictatorial god by the name of Routine. When the…
Murder in the Cassava Patch is a very good african literature work, and tells the story…
Things Fall Apart is a classic piece of African literature, and why not, of world…
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The House at Sugar Beach is an autobiographical novel (it may also be considered quite simply a novel) written by the journalist and diplomatic correspondent of the New York Times, Helene Cooper.…
Click, click. We have several photos taken with the people at the organisation and with the whole village. Those photos immortalise a great moment. Then we set off to see the cassava…
