Some diabolical male chauvinists out there are making bad noises that because this year’s Valentine’s Day falls on Ash Wednesday women should not be romanced. These evil men go further in their crazy desecration of womanhood by pointing out that…
Birthday of Ancient Man — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
My birthday is about to happen, which means that Nigeria is older than me by about three months, but I feel very ancient because of the way the country has dealt with me. The ready advice for any Nigerian who…
Before japa I rocked the US & Canada — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Japa is not for me and I’m not even in the mood to visit any foreign country no matter how people venerate their national currency. A lot of characters make so much noise about fleeing Nigeria and going abroad in…
White Scholar interviews The Poet — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
First question: Could you tell me a little about where you grew up and how you came to poetry? I grew up at Onitsha, the famous town of Onitsha Market Literature that sits on the bank of the River Niger. I…
There is acute and chronic Obi-session in Nigeria — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
There is obsession and there is Obi-session. The diff, as the advert says, is clear. The 2078-page Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language bought for me by the legendary South African poet, Dennis Brutus, in the University of…
Exploring the rudiments of Borojah’s law – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
“Shock your wife!” I am only reiterating the law handed down to me by Borojah, a rambunctious neighbour of mine, who claims to be a poet though I’ve never come across a verse written by him. I do not know…
Sending off “Sendforth” – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The holler of “Happy New Year” is all over the place as the world is sending off the worst of years, that is, 2020, with all its baggage of COVID-19, #EndSARS and whatnot. The gilded invitation on my table came…