When the Nigeria-Biafra war ended in January 1970, there was gloom in Igboland. Even as the then Head of State General Yakubu Gowon made the famous announcement of “No Victor, No Vanquished”, the vanquished ones knew themselves as they sauntered…
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…
Agenda for the next president — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
This is the season of high-wire politicking, and some contenders and wannabes are talking tough on rescuing Nigeria from ruin once they are elected as the country’s president. Anybody elected as the president of Nigeria in this woebegone time must…
Some home truths in these dangerous times — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The demons of death are on the loose, arranging mayhem and spreading annihilation all over Nigeria. We walk an ungodly but very familiar Nigerian road littered with shattered bones and broken dreams. The struggle for political power is all the…
How to end the endless Biafra war — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It is 52 long years since the much-ballyhooed end of the Nigeria-Biafra war, yet nobody from the losing end of the war has served as the president of the country. The matter gets even more ridiculous when it is remembered…
Buhari greets poet, author, journalist, Lindsay Barrett at 80
President Muhammadu Buhari has facilitated with consummate author, journalist, poet, essayist, photographer, and Pan-Africanist, Lindsay Barrett, as he turns 80 September 15, 2021. A statement by Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina, said Jamaica-born Barrett took…