Stanley Ohanugo: The Quest for Meaning – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The best way a man can arrest the world is through the story he tells. I was arrested by Stanley Ohanugo when I read his first novel; Disciples of the Inverted Cro...
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87 Spells immortality in The Wole Soyinka Canon – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
He was so daring early in life that nobody gave him any chance to live up to 87 years on this earth. But here we are: Professor Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka; t...
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If you want to write a great book, go to prison – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
PRISON I am allergic to dictators, even if they somehow manage to dress up in democratic robes. Nigerians cannot ever forget in a hurry how some time...
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9 Indian-Americans make it to 2021 US Spelling Bee final
Nine of the 11 finalists for this year’s US Spelling Bee contest are Indian-Americans; the organisers said on Monday. The 11 spellers, of which nine are Ind...
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On stage and in print – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
On stage and in print The handsome young lecturer ambled into the lecture room and did not waste any time with introductions before delivering his first lec...
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Toni Kan strikes 50 with panache – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
TONI KAN: It was fun at first sight. The first time I set eyes on Toni Kanayo Onwordi, famously known as Toni Kan; I found fun oozing from his every pore. ...
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Two thousand years of workable history – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It strikes me as not very funny that there was a time when a celebrated historian in Oxford University, England, Professor Hugh Trevor-Roper, boldly stated...
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Why Wednesday? The days of the week have convoluted religious heritage
Why Wednesday? The origins of our days of the week lie with the Romans. The Romans named their days of the week after the planets, which in turn were named...
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Kadiri Alex wins N1m Quramo Writers’ Prize 2020
The Quramo Festival of Words, (QFest2020) climaxed with the unveiling of the winner of the Quramo Writers’ Prize 2020. The prize, which is awarded to the author of...
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It’s a Plastic World – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
What took hold of my mind once Greg Mbajiorgu’s Plastics, Plastics Everywhere got into my hands were the words of “The Rime of the Ancient Ma...
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