It is nightmare time in Nigeria. All over the place it is gloom and doom,…
Me and my Lagos
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How JP Clark led Achebe & Soyinka to IBB – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Writing is fighting. That is the dictum of the fiery African-American writer Ishmael Reed who…
World Exclusive: Wole Soyinka publishes new novel – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It is cool by me to let out this news item as a World Exclusive:…
James Hadley Chase all over – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The request from my reader was short and sharp: “Let’s have your piece on James…
How to wake a 60-year-old sleeping giant – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
A sleeping giant is a bad sight to behold. Nigeria happens to be widely acknowledged…
Who Wrote Things Fall Apart? – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It all started at the local secondary school in Ndiorumbe when the literature teacher, Holy…
Sally Mbanefo walks in beauty praying the rosary – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
“She walks in beauty…” So begins the immortal poem written by Lord Byron way back…
Africa’s forgotten fastest female sprinter Obuzoeme – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It was the race of a lifetime. The title of Africa’s fastest girl was at…
Mathematical Segun Odegbami Shoots and Scores – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nothing can be sweeter than playing the beautiful game called football. It sweetens my soul…
Before Ali Baba and Okey Bakassi there was John Chukwu – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
I should have been a comedian. Poetry is poverty. Comedy is cash. I have been…