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.
Arts & Books

Clean Slate Exhibition Spells Christmas In Awka

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The Christmas season in Awka, the capital city of Anambra State, is being kicked into focus by a momentous art exhibition tagged “Clean Slate”. The...
Interviews & Profiles

Poet of the People: Niyi Osundare

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Poets from all over the world today do not come any loftier than Nigeria’s Niyi Osundare. In my book, he is the next poet...
Sports

World Cup Without Beer

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
Nobody should expect to see me near Qatar in this period of the FIFA World Cup lasting from November 20 to December 18. It’s totally...
Arts & Books

Dear Teacher & Pagan

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Dear Teacher & Pagan (To Wole Soyinka) Dear teacher and pagan, With prim fronds I thee wed. Is there palmwine in Paradise? The homy spirit unbinds, And the grotto of Ogun Bears...
Position Papers

Power and Politics of the Written Word: The Legend of Chinua Achebe

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
Chinua Achebe lived in glory as the one-man institution who conquered the world for Mother Africa, and the great Kenyan novelist, Ngugi wa Thiongo,...
Interviews & Profiles

November 16 Belongs To Chinua Achebe

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November 16 belongs to one man who conquered the world for Mother Africa. In the words of the great Kenyan novelist Ngugi wa Thiongo,...
Nigeria Matters

Angry Bees Against Nigerian Politicians

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
Angry bees of the wild are up in arms against the politicians of Nigeria, and the politicos are running helter-skelter for their dear lives. Just...
Miscellaneous

Fighting Oppressors Is My Life

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
It is in my constitution to make very powerful enemies. It’s as though I cannot stop myself from fighting diabolical principalities and powers. There is...
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