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.
Miscellaneous

Audit Reporting Mission from Lagos to Awka

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
There was an invasion of Awka, the capital of Anambra State, by a troika of Nigeria’s savviest journalists, and another guru served as a...
Interviews & Profiles

Sixty Songs for Igwebike Ifeanyi Mbanefo

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
Today belongs to the song of solitude. The date belongs to Ifeanyi Igwebike Mbanefo, a son of Obosi town in present-day Anambra State, who...
Africa

From Canada To US To See Dennis Brutus

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
A lot of characters make so much noise about fleeing Nigeria and going abroad in search of the so-called greener pastures. Me, I am totally...
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Ekwueme: The Democrat Who Gave Abacha Red Card

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
The soft, gentlemanly features of Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme belie the heart of steel inside the late first ever Vice-President of Nigeria. Back in...
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Chairman of the Party

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
The inimitable Peter Enahoro, aka Peter Pan, wrote in his classic book, How To Be A Nigerian: “Next to God, there is nothing that...
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KO is OK with Ambassador Plenipotentiary & Extraordinary

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
They no longer make politicians like Kingsley Ozuomba Mbadiwe, otherwise known as KO, the man of timber and calibre. The bombastic man from Arondizuogu in...
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In Search of Unity – 62 Years After

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
No Nigerian leader thus far has been able to breast the unity tape. Forget all the fine words and promises and boasts, most Nigerian...
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Unbeatable Legends of Nigerian Political Juggernauts

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Nigerian politicians of the present day are so boring that no high-tension stories can be written about them. These politicians of nowadays cannot brew myths...
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