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.
Interviews & Profiles

Who is Afraid of Bishop Kukah?

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Nigeria is in dire straits, and the government of the day is burying its head in the sand like a woebegone ostrich. It takes...
Interviews & Profiles

Story of My Life: Marrying My Own Sister & Turning Sixty

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I cannot believe that I am the jolly good fellow of the birthday song. Not many blokes gave me any chance at all that I...
Miscellaneous

Political Comedy Is Sweeter Than Sugar

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Let’s take a trip away from the many tragedies of Nigeria to the hypertension-curing subject of political comedy. Political comedy is sweeter than Dangote sugar...
Arts & Books

Bongos Ikwue Searches for True Love in Igbo Homeland

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The lionized singer Bongos Ikwue was the star attraction at the event tagged “A Plethora of Creative Minds: An Evening with Peter Umeadi and...
Interviews & Profiles

This Nwa James Called Chimamanda

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Let’s start from the end: I have died. Yes, this daughter of Professor James Adichie has killed me. Call it a beautiful death and I...
Sports

How Nigerian Footballers Conquered America In 1974

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It is a trademark of the boots of Nigerian footballers to make history. The world cannot grow tired of the exploits of the Super...
Life Abroad

The Eviction of Donald Trump

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If you don’t pay your rent, you get evicted from the house. Whether you are living in a face-me-I-face-you hellhole in Ajegunle or in the...
Nigeria Matters

Christmas 2020 Is Postponed

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After the minutes of the EndSARS meeting was written, read and adopted, there are plenty matters arising, and these matters are not funny at...
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