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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Not Even The Military Class Is Ripe Enough

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The ideology of corruption has completely taken over the country. The civilian politicians of the here and now have actually become worse than useless, such...
Interviews & Profiles

Up Close To Prof Bart Nnaji & “The Boss”

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The plan was that I should come in daytime, but I arrived at night. It was already completely dark when I dropped off from the...
Health

Kwashiorkor Returns With Renewed Hopelessness

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The deadly kwashiorkor disease that was so much associated with the Biafra war has made a return to peacetime Nigeria. It was not a pretty...
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Presidents Smaller Than Nigeria

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
Nigerian leaders must be taken to task for making the country look quite small through their clannishness. The powers-that-be of Nigeria take great pleasure in...
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The Impossible Death Of Zik Of Africa

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The news broke like tropical thunderclap: Zik of Africa is dead! The announced death of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria’s first President & C-in-C, was like...
Arts & Books

‘Beauty for Ashes’ Rocks the Stage At UNN 54th Convocation Ceremony

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
A new experience in theatre is on stage at the esteemed University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). The Senate Ceremonials Committee of UNN is presenting...
Interviews & Profiles

The Ghastly Murder of Musician Israel Njemanze In Lagos

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When a story is stranger than the strangest fiction, it lasts from one lifetime to the end of time. There was this musician whose life...
Interviews & Profiles

Birthday Toast to Nduka Obaigbena @ 66

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In my charged life as a ragged-trousered philanthropist one of the phenomenal potentates I've known happens to be Nduka Obaigbena. Back in 1986, the guru...
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