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.
Miscellaneous

Let’s Destroy all the Columnists!

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The acute hatred in my heart now-now, as we do say in Nigeria, is about the characters called columnists. I am sick and tired of...
Faith & Philosophy

Pastors & Prostitutes

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It is a lot easier to live a celibate life than to stay faithful to one wife. Right from the Garden of Eden, it’s written...
Arts & Books

The Most Dangerous House in Lagos

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A do-gooder told his landlord that any tenant who sends the police after the owner of the house “is capable of killing you.” This selfsame...
Nigeria Matters

Marketing Products Beyond Politics

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The 250ml liquid antiseptic on my table as I write now commands attention. The product is called “YESS Antiseptic” and bears the tagline “always...
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When Nigeria Won Her First World Cup In 1977

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Not many Nigerians know that the country won a world cup in football back in 1977. Most Nigerians would regale you with stories of...
Arts & Books

Heart-song To The Iroko: Tackling The Designs Of Tony Akudinobi

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The iroko stands tall and mighty, stretching its boughs across the firmament. The song of the heart is in arresting dialogue with the iroko,...
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APC Can Kidnap More Than PDP

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Let’s play politics - party politics, that is. No less a worthy than Aristotle stated that man is by nature a political animal, and who...
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Ojukwu: Nigeria’s Most Controversial Patriot

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Ojukwu: The ‘Rebel’ I Served by Uche Ezechukwu; ThoniMartins Ltd, Abuja, Benin, Lagos; 2012 Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu almost always dominated all discourse in the course of...
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