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.
Arts & Books

Fabulous Disintegration Of America

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The book on my table is The Igor Plan For The Disintegration Of The United States by Emeka Nnolim. The 362-page novel was published in...
Sports

Panenka Penalty Saves African Football

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Morocco’s leading scorer, Brahim Diaz, stood poised to make history - to score the goal that would end his country’s agonizing 50-year wait to...
Life Abroad

Japa Is Not In My Constitution

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A lot of wannabes want to flee from Nigeria, but I am very different. The country turns me up and down anyhow such that one...
World

Recolonization of Nigeria

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The recolonization of Nigeria is a clear and present danger. In some radical quarters, there has always been the talk that Nigeria never truly freed...
Africa

Manufacturers of Coups and Bandits   

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Coups and bandits are all the rage these days. Just the other day, December 7 to be exact, there was the hot news that soldiers...
Miscellaneous

Jeunalists Must Have A Uniform Like Policemen

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Jeunalists have replaced journalists in Nigeria. There used to be journalism in Nigeria but now what we do have is jeunalism, and the difference is...
Arts & Books

“Igbo Rising” Soars From The Stable Of Gerald Eze

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The debut album, “Igbo Rising”, by the phenomenal Gerald Eze, aka Ogbuoja-Eze, is a comprehensive delight to behold and cherish. The compelling 12-tracker released...
Arts & Books

Literary Pacesetters From The Home Front

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When I once received a letter from Professor Chinua Achebe inviting me to the United States of America for a conference on Nigerian and...
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