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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They no longer make women like my very own Auntie Ngozi. No, I have to be more precise: they no longer make men and women...

Buhari’s Nigeria Is Not My Nigeria

Things have fallen apart completely in Nigeria. Nothing has made many Nigerians lose faith in Nigeria more than the impunity reigning in Nigeria since...

This Is the Age of the Cow

I am sorry for any Nigerian who cannot speak the language of the cow. In truth, I am daily mastering cow language, and you do...

Waterman by Echezonachukwu Nduka: The Poet Goes the Distance

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51 Years of Conquests by Rangers International of Enugu

When the Nigeria-Biafra war ended in January 1970, there was gloom in Igboland. Even as the then Head of State General Yakubu Gowon made...

The Trouble with Nigeria Is A House

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Remembering Nigeria’s Journalism Pathfinder Stanley Macebuh

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All that Jazz about Stingy Men’s Association of Nigeria

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