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

Nigeria Today Is Like A Yarn By Cyprian Ekwensi

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All the demented facets of Nigerian life today, from brazen kidnappings and robberies to rampant prostitution and political heists, are like the many wonderful...
Nigeria Matters

The Analogue President In Digital Wonderland

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The 2023 presidential election is a make-or-mar moment through which Nigeria can either die permanently or enjoy a magical resurrection. Nigeria cannot afford to lag...
Miscellaneous

Borojah’s Law

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“Shock your wife!” I am only reiterating the law handed down to me by Borojah, a rambunctious neighbour of mine who claims to be a...
Arts & Books

There Was A Sage Called Chinua Achebe

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A Review of There Was A Man - Chinua Achebe Poetry/Essay Anthology (Sixth Edition); A Publication Of The Society Of Young Nigerian Writers, Anambra...
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Zik Deserves November 16 To Be National Holiday

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Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria’s foremost nationalist and first president, deserves his birthday, November 16, to be slated as a national holiday. It is deserving...
Education

Crazy School Days at Great Ife

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My studies at Great Ife under Prof Wole Soyinka got off on a beery note. I was with my classmates in Soyinka’s house for practical...
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The Conjoined Nigerian Twins Called Democracy and Military Rule

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The grotesque Nigerian twins called democracy and military rule are crucially joined at the stomach. The military politicos and the civilian politicians eat into the...
Arts & Books

The Egwu Onwa Concert of Ichoku Academy

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The trailblazing minstrel, folk music collector and performer, Gerald Eze Mmaduabuchi, recreated the archetypal Igbo lore of Egwu Onwa (moonlit games) with his youthful...
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