Embracing My Shadow: Growing up Lesbian in Nigeria by Unoma Azuah; Beaten Track Publishing; 2020; 218pp It takes tremendous courage for a Nigerian woman to...
Author - 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.
dispossessed by James Eze; Fasihi (Daraja Press); 2019; 121pp Ever since I got a signed copy of James Eze’s debut collection of poetry, dispossessed, I’ve been...
The arts scene of Lagos, nay Nigeria, owes a debt of gratitude to one self-effacing pathfinder: Ben Tomoloju. It was in his early days at The Guardian in 1985...
Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka is an acknowledged classic of world theatre. It has been staged across the continents to wide acclaim. The drama...
The landmark book – History, Trauma, and Healing in Postcolonial Narratives: Reconstructing Identities – written by Ogaga Ifowodo and published by...
It was my buddy Tony Akudinobi, the utilitarian art honcho, who heads Hammerhead Integrated Ltd, that brought to my attention the 5th Anambra Book and...
Those were very dangerous days. General Sani Abacha was calling the shots in Nigeria. I was involved in the Guerrilla Journalism challenging the dictator...
Children of today do not know anything about the look-read photo-magazine African Film, starring the dapper Lance Spearman, alias Spear. The magazine was quite...
In my book Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the quintessential global voice in this day and age. She transcends literature to dominate multi-dimensional universal...
The venue was the poolside of Sheraton Ikeja, Lagos. The literati paid no heed whatsoever to the so-called “African Time” by arriving promptly on the dot of 12...
The book tour of Professor Okey Ndibe across six Nigerian cities has indeed been very engrossing – an irresistible force, more like. The personable Ndibe...
An Underground Colony of Summer Bees by Sanya Osha; Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon; 2012; pp205 A man of remarkable education...
