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.
Sports

Ezenwanne Leads Nigeria To Triumph At Dubai 2023 Para-Powerlifting World Championships

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
The President of the Nigeria Para-Powerlifting Federation, Ichie Chiemeka Charles Ezenwanne, has led Nigeria to yet another triumph at the just concluded 2023 World Para-Powerlifting Championships held...
Nigeria Matters

The Return Of Abacha Via His Bagman

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It is no fake news that General Sani Abacha’s bagman has returned to Nigerian cabinet to take charge of the budget. It is all in...
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Shall We Tell The President?

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu -
I borrowed this title from the British thriller writer, Jeffery Archer, but I am in no mood to discuss that disgraced man’s book. Nigeria is...
Arts & Books

Nigeria Prize for Literature Must Stop Being Winner Takes All

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The celebrated season of the Nigeria Prize for Literature always ends on the note of winner-takes-all. It is incumbent on me to plead now that...
Interviews & Profiles

The Legend of Yebo Gogo Man Kole Omotoso

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The news that came from Johannesburg, South Africa on July 19 was heartrending: Kole Omotoso is dead! The lionized writer, Kole Omotoso, was my teacher...
Arts & Books

Life in My City Art Festival @ Awka

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Zik’s Avenue is arguably the most hurly-burly road in Awka, the capital city of Anambra State, but tucked inside Number 261 is seminal serenity....
Man & Woman

Marriage By Facebook Dissolves On Twitter

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I am too ancient to understand the bytes and cookies of this new age of fast weddings and faster divorces. You can log in to...
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Let’s Throw In The Towel To Save Nigerians From Annihilation

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I am here to eat my words, that is, to swallow my own vomit. Back in time, I had written that it’s time for the...
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