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

From Out Of The Shadows To Unfinished Greatness

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Ekiti State Governor John Kayode Fayemi has remained an ever-present at every stage of Nigeria’s democratic drive. He was on the frontline in the...
Arts & Books

The Centrist Manifesto of The New World Ideology

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The Centrist Manifesto by Uchenna Nwankwo; Centrist Books – An Imprint of Centrist Productions Ltd, Ikeja, Lagos; 2022; 202pp Books that change history do not...
Nigeria Matters

Becoming Nigeria’s President Passeth All Understanding

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The season of jostling to become Nigeria’s next president is on, and many strange characters are already calling themselves front-runners. All shapes of hats have...
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64 Toasts To Things Fall Apart

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This year marks the 64th birthday anniversary of the iconic novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Things Fall Apart was first published on June...
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Day Onyeka Onwenu Came for the Kill

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The sonorous songstress Onyeka Onwenu is 70, and the world is celebrating her, but my duty here is to add the human angle to...
Sports

That Call Before The Eagles Crash

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Superstitious Nigerians believe ever so vociferously that the crashing out of the Super Eagles from the AFCON tournament in Cameroun was all due to...
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Soludo and the Made-in-Anambra Work Ethic

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There is palpable fear amongst the serious commentariat in addressing relevant issues because most of the viral news attributed to esteemed personages may have...
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Stephen Keshi the Great

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Stephen Okechukwu Keshi was without question among Nigeria’s greatest ever football role models. He was Captain Fantastic of the Super Eagles and capped it all...
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