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.
Interviews & Profiles

The Homecoming Ties Of Prof Nduka Otiono

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The don makes it a point of duty to always come home to Nigeria from his duty post as Director, Institute of African Studies,...
Miscellaneous

The Prof Bart Nnaji Book

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The capacious International Conference Centre, Enugu was filled to the brim on Friday, July 17 when the Prof Bart Nnaji Birthday Symposium, “Powering Tomorrow:...
Nigeria Matters

Liberation Of Anambra As A Nigerian Exemplar

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Thursday, July 10, 2003: The abduction of Governor Chris Nwabueze Ngige of Anambra State shook Nigeria up. It was unheard of, unprecedented, that a state...
Interviews & Profiles

Prof Bart Nnaji @ 70: A Reason To Believe

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It takes more than nerdy audacity to undertake the tackling of a subject as complex as Professor Bart Nnaji as he turns 70 on...
Africa

World Cup Tragedy Of South Africa

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The urge in the beginning had been to entitle this piece “The Death of African Solidarity”. It took no time at all for me to...
Arts & Books

June 17 Is Achebe Day Because Of ‘Things Fall Apart’

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On Tuesday, June 17, 1958, Things Fall Apart was published in England. The book has over the years become a standout phenomenon as one of...
Sports

Volcanic Shocks On The World Cup Turf  

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The 2026 World Cup tournament being staged in the United States, Canada and Mexico has produced more shocks than the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI)...
Nigeria Matters

Corruption Bazaar In Democracy

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It is fake news that Nigeria is practising democracy. What happens in the so-called Giant of Africa is lootocracy. The looting bazaar going on in...
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