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

Nigeria: Minutes of the Last Meeting

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It is nightmare time in Nigeria. All over the place it is gloom and doom, but a writer must perforce write. The great French novelist Balzac...
Arts & Books

Wole Soyinka Publishes New Novel

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It is cool by me to let out this news item as a World Exclusive: Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka will publish his long-awaited third...
Arts & Books

My Darling Sunshine: A Love Letter

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My Darling Sunshine: I hope you are swimming in the ocean of good health. If so, doxology! You are the only sugar in my tea, the...
Arts & Books

James Hadley Chase All Over

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The request from my reader was short and sharp: “Let’s have your piece on James Hadley Chase all over.” The reader was so insistent that...
Miscellaneous

Alhaji Abdulazeez Ude @ 80: Meeting My Mentor

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It was impossible believing what my eyes were seeing. I did a double take because it’s not every day one sees a great masquerade walking...
Miscellaneous

How To Wake A 60-Year-Old Sleeping Giant

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A sleeping giant is a bad sight to behold. Nigeria happens to be widely acknowledged as the Giant of Africa. China used to be the apt...
Miscellaneous

Who Wrote Things Fall Apart?

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It all started at the local secondary school in Ndiorumbe when the literature teacher, Holy Nwankpi, asked his students: “Who wrote Things Fall Apart?” The...
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Umuchu Blazes the Trail in Community Security

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It was an amazing sight to behold, a mission accomplished. Three gleaming security vehicles, seven rugged motorcycles, three walkie-talkies, 20 machetes 20 security kits,...
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