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

President Tinubu Discovers Ice In Macondo

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Let the whole wide world join me in universal celebration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who has just repeated the immortal feat of discovering...
Arts & Books

Grappling with the Heart of the Nigerian Matter

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Politics, Economics & the Nigerian Petroleum Industry (3rd Edition) Essays by Austin Avuru; RADI8 Ltd, Lagos; 2022; 474pp Let’s start with a confession. This book,...
Sports

CKC Onitsha Won World Cup For Nigeria In 1977

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I had a pleasant phone call from my dear friend, Benjamin Uzoka alias Avenger, who had the distinction of winning a world cup as...
Africa

There Was A Man Called John Jerry Rawlings

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Nigeria is more divided than ever, and the politicians of Nigeria have gone completely mad. It is as though everybody is now totally beyond control. Nigerians...
Man & Woman

Love Is Temporary Insanity

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
The young guys of these days know next-to-nothing on the art and science of catching correct babes of their choice. The dashing bachelors are too...
Arts & Books

The Quintessential Musician Sun Ra

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Sun Ra: Space. Music. Myth by Tam Fiofori; Published by SUN ARTS: BEP, Lagos, Nigeria; 2022; 416pp The American jazz musician Sun Ra was larger...
Miscellaneous

Going Back To Lagos Weekend With Wakabout

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Surprise is the word for Lagos. My brother Isidore left our House of Hunger in Ikate, Surulere, Lagos one mid-morning in search of a job....
Sports

Let’s Play The Game The Nigerian Way

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Englishmen will never get tired of telling the whole wide world that they invented the beautiful game of football. That’s why they tell anybody who...
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