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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Alliance of Nigerian Leaders and Igbo Dropouts

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All that any Igbo charlatan needs to hoodwink many a Nigerian leader is to claim that he has the beans to bring the Igbo...
Miscellaneous

There Was A Newspaper Called NEXT

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Nigeria is the burial ground of big dreams. Dele Olojede brought great honour to Nigeria by winning the coveted Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting in...
Faith & Philosophy

Christianity of Controversies and Crises

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Religion provides an anchor to the lives of believers. The belief in a Supreme Being lends meaning to man’s existence on earth, and the...
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First In Class of Education and Leadership

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Unhappy is the country whose leader is not properly educated. Going to school is a matter of urgent national importance unless Nigerians want to submit...
Arts & Books

Against Occult Miracles of Emptiness

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Fear and superstition have taken over Nigeria, and church pastors are having a ball preaching occult miracles of emptiness. I have a book here with...
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Governor Fayemi and the Bonding Ideal

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The hot button in Nigeria today is to crow of secession. It does not matter if the jumped-up secessionist leader can in truth tell...
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An Essay on Nothing

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Nothing can be more jarring than discovering at this moment when one is congratulating oneself on having written on everything only to instantly discover...
Arts & Books

Revolutionary Music of Gerald Eze In Awka

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The music was more arresting than a lover’s summons. Call it the music of the spirits that intervolves the ancient and the modern. It...
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