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.
Nigeria Matters

When Journalists Became Guerrillas

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Going to work could mean your death. It was indeed a bad time. The June 12, 1993 election won by Bashorun MKO Abiola had just...
Interviews & Profiles

Remembering My Time with Okot p’Bitek at Great Ife

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Okot p’Bitek, the great Ugandan poet, author of Song of Lawino, always held court at the bar in the foyer of Oduduwa Hall, the...
Faith & Philosophy

Going to Mecca and Jerusalem

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Nigerians take so much pride in making pilgrimages to Mecca and Jerusalem in the name of religion. The Muslims and Christians obviously can never have...
Miscellaneous

Making Nigeria Work According To Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

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For The Good Of The Nation – Essays And Perspectives By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; ALFA Books, Ikoyi, Lagos; 2021; 509pp   Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, former Governor...
Arts & Books

On Stage and In Print

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Drama And Theatre In Nigeria: A Critical Source Book Edited By Yemi Ogunbiyi; Second Edition; Tanus Books Limited, Lagos; 2014; First Published 1981; 736pp   The...
Interviews & Profiles

Toni Kan Strikes 50 With Panache

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It was fun at first sight. The first time I set eyes on Toni Kanayo Onwordi, famously known as Toni Kan, I found fun oozing...
Miscellaneous

I Don’t Drink Bottles; I Drink Beer!

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The party is heavy, but the beer is even heavier. In the present tense of liquor, it’s a rollicking night of highs and higher highs...
Arts & Books

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...
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