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.
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Fear of Revolution Is Here

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The people who used to shout most about the need for a revolution to happen in Nigeria are now the blokes making many arguments...
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Zik’s Day Beckons

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The man fondly called Zik of Africa deserves his day. Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria’s foremost nationalist and first president, deserves his birthday, November 16, to...
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Grand Ofala of Igwe (Sir) Raphael N. Offor of Omogho

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Igwe (Sir) Raphael N. Offor, KSM, JP, AMB. P breaks bold ground as he celebrates Ofala on 31st December. 2023. He was crowned Ide...
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Joblessness Does Not Frighten The Poet

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It is in my DNA to make very powerful enemies. It’s as though I cannot stop myself from fighting diabolical principalities and powers, and their...
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Tribalism Is The Emperor Of All Isms

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Tribalism is the ism topping all isms! All the talk of Socialism, Communism, Humanism and so on must now be put on one side to...
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Once Upon A Life On The Dangerous Seas

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The talk of oil thieves across the waters of the Niger Delta has made me to remember the journeys I undertook through the seas...
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Nigeria’s Self-inflicted Moral Burden of Shame

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Nigeria has reduced itself to the butt of the crudest jokes all over the world. Forgery at the highest echelon of power in the land...
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Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa @ 82

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Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa, famously known as Ken Saro-Wiwa, would have been 82 today, October 10. My lionized friend packed too many lifetimes into one...
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