I followed with keen interest, the conversation on paternity issues and the necessity of DNA tests after the news broke of Tunde Thomas, a man who allegedly died of a broken heart following his discovery that the children of the…
Religious insurgency & failing leadership of Nigeria: A time for dialogue – Magnus Onyibe
In desperate search for how to get rid of the demon strafing our country, Nigeria, I recently reread the epic novel by the renowned author, Chinua Achebe, The Trouble With Nigeria. Reading through the book the first time, l saw…
Let Nigeria’s name be changed to Unoka – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
There is need for an urgent name-change for our dear country Nigeria. Countries are known to do baptism, as in change of name, to bring good fortune to the long-suffering land. There used to be a country called Gold Coast…
This nwa James called Chimamanda – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Let’s start from the end: I have died. Yes, this daughter of Professor James Adichie has killed me. Call it a beautiful death and I will wake up from the cemetery and take a good beer! And whilst I’m sipping…
Over 90 Nigerian artistes, home and abroad, gather for Chinua Achebe @90
The folks at www.afropolis.org have convened a special gathering of 90+ Nigerian artistes, from 30 cities at home and abroad, in the commemoration of the great Chinua Achebe. Interested participants can RSVP to attend the virtual event which started 15…
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 wrote a book entitled Writing is Fighting. Whether taken literally or otherwise writers fire bullets with words, and in some instances actually take up guns…
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 as the Giant of Africa. China used to be the apt example of a giant that was fast asleep, which made Napoleon Bonaparte to reportedly…
I was disappointed by Achebe’s comment on my Nobel prize – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said he was disappointed by a comment made by the late renowned novelist, Prof Chinua Achebe, shortly after he (Soyinka) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. In a conversation with an American-based…
Nigeria as a confederacy of dunces – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu9
Let me start with a confession. I borrowed the title of this piece from the American Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. The novel and its author have very interesting stories, for starters. John Kennedy…
Chinua Achebe: The Doyen of the African Idiom – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It is well-nigh impossible for November 16 to go by without much of the world remembering that the date is the birthday of Chinua Achebe. It needs stressing that Achebe is arguably the most influential novelist who ever drew breath…
