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

There Is Only One Onyeka Nwelue

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It is in my constitution to celebrate Onyeka Nwelue, no matter whatever anybody reads elsewhere. The much-ballyhooed news out of Oxford or Cambridge on Onyeka...
Man & Woman

Foundation Uplifts Gender Equality on International Women’s Day

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As the global community marks International Women's Day (IWD), Cakasa Engineering Company and the Cakasa Ebenezer Foundation have emphasized the need for gender equality...
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Steal The Election And Let Them Go To Court

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Any ruling party can make even a goat win an election. The only exception to this great truism is Goodluck Jonathan who lost his...
Arts & Books

The Gospel According to the Oppressed

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
Billy Bisa’s Secrets and Other Stories by Dulue Mbachu; The New Gong Publishers, Lagos; 2022; 143pp The art of the short story is a very...
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Celebrating Akachi the Mother of Books

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Quietude sits well with Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, and calmness is the word for her, but the music was so compelling that she had to...
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Surprise is the Shot of Peter Obi

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The greatest surprise of the political season in Nigeria today is without question the almost overwhelming presence of Peter Obi. The man has teeming admirers...
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Dr. Stanley Macebuh: Unforgettable Pathfinder of Modern Nigerian Journalism

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Dr. Stanley Nkwachikwelumamaya Macebuh was a rare breed in the freshest sense of the term, a charge of fine electricity who all on his...
Interviews & Profiles

Magic Man Majek Fashek

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Majek Fashek was a magician, and he could always come up with all makes of mischief. Majek was once rehearing at daytime in Silver Shadow...
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