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

Sonala Strikes Sixty-Five

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
Friday, May 15, in this Corona-tainted year of 2020 marks the 65th birthday of the inimitable journalist’s journalist Sonala Olumhense. I doubt that I would...
Arts & Books

Deadening Nightmares: A Review

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
Living Dreams by Obu Udeozo; Fab Educational Books, Jos, Nigeria; 2020; 326pp Obu Udeozo has earned high accolades as a prolific poet in Nigeria, remarkably...
Interviews & Profiles

Odia Ofeimun at 70: A Toast to the Health of the Master Poet

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
There is no better way of introducing Odia Ofeimun than pointedly stressing that “Odia Ofeimun is Odia Ofeimun!” Enough said. Poet, publisher, editor, activist, polemicist, mentor,...
Arts & Books

Nollywood as Handshake Across the Niger

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
Nigerian politicians always talk of the need for a handshake across the Niger. The politicos have from the First Republic been talking of forging an...
Arts & Books

How Not To Steal From The Chimamanda Brand

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
At the drop of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s name a very unfortunate writer can get quite far in recognition. Many literary wannabes want her blurb on...
Nigeria Matters

Umuchu as the Cradle of Confederation

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
Umuchu, my hometown, offers the world a fundamental legacy of unity in confederation.   A large and populous town of about 50 square kilometres and...
Interviews & Profiles

Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo: The Passage of the Guru of Fourth Dimension

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
They no longer make men like Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo. In his cherished lifetime he spoke truth to power with unconquerable courage. His clarity of...
Arts & Books

Literary Community Reunites for dispossessed in Awka

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
Some of the finest literary minds in Nigeria were in Awka Saturday 14 December for the public presentation of James Eze’s brilliant collection of...
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