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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Okey Ndibe’s First Novel Clocks 20

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Arrows of Rain by Okey Ndibe; Bookcraft, Ibadan, Nigeria; 20th Anniversary Edition 2021; 230pp Okey Ndibe’s acclaimed debut novel Arrows of Rain was published in...
Nigeria Matters

Governor Fayemi and the Moneybag Syndrome

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Big money is betrothed to big power. With plenteous cash in the war-chest, the ambitious politician can hardly ever resist the drive to grab...
Nigeria Matters

How Obasanjo’s Letter got Nigeria into this Mess

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Nigeria is in deep trouble, and there is no use whatsoever beating about the bush over the bad matter. As I write now, the country...
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Victory for the Vanquished

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
It Is A Goal! No! – The Necessity of Biafra by Hanum Mary Chioke ISBN: 978-978-977-670-2 2018 259pp Man’s existence on earth can be understood like a football...
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The Political House of Cards that Jega Built

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Nigeria is in a bad shape, and there is the countrywide fear that anything can happen to upend the wobbly house. The much-ballyhooed 2023 presidential...
Miscellaneous

Dame Patience Jonathan Is Our Man

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There is so much talk over the political airwaves of a possible return of Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to the seat of power in...
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Ali Baba Jokes from Rags to Riches

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The man bears a heavy-duty name, and it is not funny at all trying to pronounce or write the name (or names?) down. Let me...
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Riveting Dance Steps Of Sir Bob-Manuel Udokwu

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The news here is not that consummate actor Bob-Manuel Udokwu has just been appointed the Special Adviser on Entertainment, Leisure and Tourism by Anambra...
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