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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Lunacy Of Hanging On To Power Called Onemanocracy

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It takes pathetic lunacy to aspire to practice Onemanocracy, that is: Government Of One Man, By One Man And For One Man. I guess we...
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Recalling The Wild, Wild West Days

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It is very obvious that our politicians have learnt nothing and forgotten nothing from the sordid past of the country. Given the controversies being promoted...
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Never Succumb to Mind Games

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Mind games can be defined as psychological tactics used to manipulate others for an advantage. It is boldly written in history and current affairs that...
Arts & Books

The Soludo Template

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The Audacity To Transform: A First Row Testimony On The Ongoing Development In Anambra By Gov. Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s Administration by Anselm C. Onuorah,...
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Government Approved Billionaires (GAB)

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The publication of Forbes magazine’s list of richest billionaires almost always excites many Nigerians, but for me it is a highly comical matter, a...
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Parresia Books: Reason To Believe In Nigeria’s Literary Future

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The Lagos scene is where books happen - as per the written word having multiform events being organized for seasons on end. I’ve been many...
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A Poetic Evening With James Eze

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The legendary poet W.H. Auden famously wrote that “poetry makes nothing happen”, but the great man would have written differently if he had been...
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The Great African Survival

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Riding The Storm: The Untold Story of Africa’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Toni Kan; Narrative Landscape Press, Lagos, Nigeria; 2024; 246pp The unforeseen...
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