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.
Nigeria Matters

A Different Brand of Governor’s Wife

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What instantly seized my attention was the mention of “Governor’s wife”. The reporter’s instinct in me immediately got into fine fettle. Like the character Al Barney...
Business & Economy

A Nigerian Marshall Plan Is Needed Today

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The Nigerian economy is in dire straits, and many families cannot make ends meet in the drive for survival. Most of the presidents of African...
Technology & Science

The Poet Fires Last Warning At MTN

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
I get more phone calls and text messages than all the mobile telephone networks in Nigeria put together. Yes, I am that large. I am sick...
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Dictatorship of Democracy

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Democracy has become a game of blackmail in Nigeria. It is only in Nigeria that some characters are making the mad magic of believing that...
Sports

Let’s Rig the Olympics

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
The Paris2024 Olympic Games cannot be forgotten in a hurry, especially as the Giant of Africa ended up winning no medal at all. Yes, Nigeria...
Introspective

Day Dele Momodu Made Me Live Above My Means

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
These are dangerous days of gross shamelessness in totalitarian Nigeria. Pathetic flaunting of clannish power is all the rage, and a good number of supposedly...
Interviews & Profiles

Day Onyeka Onwenu Came For The Kill

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The sonorous songstress Onyeka Onwenu has just passed, but my duty here is to add the human angle to the legend of the goddess. Onyeka...
Nigeria Matters

The Familiar Road of Damnation

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Protest is all the rage in Nigeria today. Democracy allows for peaceful protest, but it is well-nigh impossible for overzealous state agents and sundry nefarious...
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