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.
Man & Woman

Tales of the Single Nigerian Woman

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Nigeria is still very much a conservative country in which marriage is seen as the completion of a man or a woman. You may earn...
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There is Acute and Chronic Obi-session in Nigeria

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There is obsession and there is Obi-session. The diff, as the advert says, is clear. The 2078-page Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language...
Miscellaneous

Winners Emerge ln Mandela Gardens & Lodge Spelling Bee Competition

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Royal Miral College and Epic Nursery/Primary School are the winners of the Nelson Mandela Gardens and Lodges Spelling Bee competition 2022. The two schools defeated...
Arts & Books

Theatre Of One Actor In Nigeria

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50 Years Of Solo Performing Art In Nigerian Theatre: 1966-2016 edited by Greg Mbajiorgu and Amanze Akpuda; Kraft Books Limited; Ibadan, Nigeria; 2018; 614pp...
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President of Political Jumpology

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Political Jumpology is the modern day art form of jumping from one political party to the other. More acerbic writers would rather call the matter...
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A House for Adewale Maja-Pearce

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The House My Father Built by Adewale Maja-Pearce; Kachifo Limited (Farafina Kamsi), Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria; 2014; 175pp The essayist and critic, Adewale Maja-Pearce, writes...
Sports

The English Premier League Is Colonizing Nigeria All Over Again

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The English Premier League is the one and only colonial power ruling all over Nigeria today. The beautiful game of football being played in England...
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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...
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