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.
Miscellaneous

The Night I Met A Beautiful Angel

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Let me today remember an Angel I once met in this life. Let’s simply call her Sola. Angel Sola Kuti. She’s Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s daughter. My devotion to Fela...
Sports

Football As A Religion In Nigeria

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Nothing excites and unifies Nigerians like football, especially when the national team, the Super Eagles, can claim a continental or world title. It was the...
Man & Woman

Valentine Love Song

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Some diabolical male chauvinists out there are making bad noises that because this year’s Valentine’s Day falls on Ash Wednesday women should not be...
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The Beautiful Game Is The Only Nigerian Vehicle

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It’s only one vehicle bearing the legend “One Nigeria” that plies the badly maintained roads to the turf of this benighted country. That long-suffering vehicle...
Sports

Rangers International @ 54

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When the Nigeria-Biafra war ended in January 1970, there was gloom in Igboland. Even as the then Head of State General Yakubu Gowon made...
Interviews & Profiles

The World Hails El Anatsui @ 80

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They no longer make creative masters like the personable wonder simply called El Anatsui. El Anatsui came from Ghana to Nigeria and then conquered the...
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Beyond The Armed Forces Remembrance Day Parade

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It does appear to me that Nigerians are yet to grasp the deep meaning of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebrated on Monday, January...
Miscellaneous

Feats of Chairman Ofobuike as Reason to Believe

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It’s cool by me to stay out of the urban scene in the festive season in order to soak in the sweet breeze of...
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