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Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

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Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu is the author of God of Poetry, Satan's Story, A Play of Ghosts and The Missing Link. A 2008 Caine Prize for African Writing nominee, he wrote the text for Scottish photographer Owen Logan's caricature of Michael Jackson's visit to Nigeria entitled Masquerade. He lives in Lagos and is married with children.

  • Agenda for the Next President

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu January 19, 2023
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    This is the season of high-wire politicking, and some contenders and wannabes are talking tough on rescuing Nigeria from ruin once they are elected as the country’s President. Anybody elected …

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  • Basil Umeozulu: The Amesi Tree That Made The Forest

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu January 13, 2023
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    There is the popular proverb that goes thus: “A tree cannot make a forest.” I write here to refute that proverb because I witnessed the life of one man who …

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  • The Collapse of the Nigerian Tripod

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu January 11, 2023
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    Nigeria today stands on wobbly legs, and wants needs to be done to make the country to stand steady and strong is to go back to where the rain started …

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  • Greatest Opportunity of All Time: GOAT

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu December 21, 2022
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    It was a World Cup final match like no other in history. Qatar 2022 served up a breathless and relentless climax in which Argentina beat France via 4-2 penalty-kicks. The …

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  • Oil Theft As A National Pandemic

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu December 10, 2022
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    The Riddle of the Oil Thief by HRM King Bubaraye Dakolo; Purple Shelves Publishers, Lagos; 2021; 528pp A clear and present danger that can lead to the economic ruination of …

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  • Naija Football Is Better Than Qatar 2022

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu December 8, 2022
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    Naija does not need to qualify for Qatar 2022 because our game is better and older than the so-called World Cup. The Naija game from the beginning entailed any number …

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  • Gerald Eze Shakes the Rafters with “Igbo Rising”

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu December 8, 2022
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    The rafters are afire and the roof is aglow. Good sound burns with sweetness as Gerald Eze, the master performer of Oja, the air-blown instrument of the Igbo, releases his …

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  • Clean Slate Exhibition Spells Christmas In Awka

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu December 6, 2022
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    The Christmas season in Awka, the capital city of Anambra State, is being kicked into focus by a momentous art exhibition tagged “Clean Slate”. The ever-innovative Awka Museum Foundation situated …

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  • Poet of the People: Niyi Osundare

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu November 30, 2022
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    Poets from all over the world today do not come any loftier than Nigeria’s Niyi Osundare. In my book, he is the next poet destined to win the Nobel Prize …

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  • World Cup Without Beer

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu November 23, 2022
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    Nobody should expect to see me near Qatar in this period of the FIFA World Cup lasting from November 20 to December 18. It’s totally against my constitution to be …

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  • Dear Teacher & Pagan

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu November 21, 2022
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    Dear Teacher & Pagan (To Wole Soyinka) Dear teacher and pagan, With prim fronds I thee wed. Is there palmwine in Paradise? The homy spirit unbinds, And the grotto of …

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  • Power and Politics of the Written Word: The Legend of Chinua Achebe

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu November 20, 2022
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    Chinua Achebe lived in glory as the one-man institution who conquered the world for Mother Africa, and the great Kenyan novelist, Ngugi wa Thiongo, put it in these words: “Achebe …

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  • November 16 Belongs To Chinua Achebe

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu November 17, 2022
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    November 16 belongs to one man who conquered the world for Mother Africa. In the words of the great Kenyan novelist Ngugi wa Thiongo, “Achebe bestrides generations and geographies. Every …

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  • Angry Bees Against Nigerian Politicians

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu November 10, 2022
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    Angry bees of the wild are up in arms against the politicians of Nigeria, and the politicos are running helter-skelter for their dear lives. Just the other day, on Saturday, …

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  • Fighting Oppressors Is My Life

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu November 3, 2022
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    It is in my constitution to make very powerful enemies. It’s as though I cannot stop myself from fighting diabolical principalities and powers. There is this friend of mine who …

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  • Audit Reporting Mission from Lagos to Awka

    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu November 3, 2022
    by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

    There was an invasion of Awka, the capital of Anambra State, by a troika of Nigeria’s savviest journalists, and another guru served as a supporting voice from the United States …

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