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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My Magic Music Man Majek Fashek

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It takes a playfully mischievous magician to conjure heavy rain to beat on his audience once he takes the stage. Mischief sits well in the...
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Soludo: The Job Meets the Man

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It is crucial to state from the very beginning that Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo is a man of destiny. He did not hide it...
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Buying And Selling Human Beings

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Many Nigerians will gladly sell themselves to travel out of Nigeria for keeps. Back in time, there were plenteous noises against the capturing of...
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The First Lady of Charity

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Rendering public service in any capacity needs to be documented in a book so that posterity can have a handle on the affairs of...
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A Nigerian President from the Other Side of the War

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It is 52 long years since the much-ballyhooed end of the Nigeria-Biafra war, yet nobody from the losing end of the war has served...
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How To Kill A Third Term

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Democracy and the African chief are mortal enemies. The chief in Africa sees himself as a permanent fixture who must never be disturbed by such...
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Meeting The Mind Of The Almighty At Heaven On Earth

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
Oasis In The Desert Of Time – Critical Perspectives on the Nature of GOD for Cosmic-Consciousness & Spiritual Growth by Godson Onochie Amechi; Ezu...
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...
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