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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The Yoruba: Two Thousand Years of Workable History

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The Yoruba: A New History by Akinwumi Ogundiran; Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, USA; 2020; 532pp   It strikes me as not very funny that there...
Nigeria Matters

Saints and Sinners of Political Prostitution

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There are more male prostitutes in the crooked field of partisan politics than there are female harlots in the brothels across Nigeria. The prostitute politicians...
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Standby President Urgently Needed Here

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How can some concerned Nigerians be talking of having an absentee president when all that is needed is a standby president? It is only in...
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“Malicious Lies Cannot Distract Our Goal of Establishing the Best Faculty of Agriculture in Africa” – Prof Ernest Igwe

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It takes no time at all for Fake News and Hate Speech to go viral across the whole wide world. The nameless and faceless...
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Revolution Is Inevitable In Chima Ubani’s Dream Nigeria

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It’s crucial in this charged season that a good number of clowns in the name of politicians are toying with democracy in Nigeria that...
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Bob Marley Plays Forty Years onto Eternity

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It is difficult to believe that forty years had swept by since the death of the legendary master, Bob Marley. Yes, Robert Nesta Marley, universally...
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A Tear for the Checkpoint Policeman

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I hereby mourn the demise of my dearest friend, the ubiquitous illegal checkpoint policeman, who was heartlessly made to kick the bucket by Unknown...
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Agbodike: The Personable Politician In Anambra

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I instantly fell in love with the house I got into by accident. A house becomes a home when the host makes everyone feel at...
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