Frances Ogamba
Frances Ogamba is a Nigerian short story writer.
In 2019 Ogamba's non-fiction piece "The Valley of Memories", exploring the way in which a woman feels a bodily connection with her deceased uncle,[1] won the Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Non-fiction.[2] Her short story "Ghana Boy", centring on the relationship between a young boy and his gang leader elder brother,[3] was also shortlisted for the 2019 Writivism Short Story Prize.[4][5] In 2020 her story "My Husband's Wife" was English-language winner of the inaugural Kalahari Short Story Prize.[6]
Ogamba lives in Port Harcourt, where she works as a content developer.[7]
Works
- "The Valley of Memories", Arts and Africa, 20 May 2019.
- "Ghana Boy", Munyori Literary Journal, 20 May 2019.
- "Tree People", Rewrite Reads, Issue 1, November 2020.
- "My Husband's Wife", 2020.
References
- ^ Claire Gor, "The Valley of Memories", The Kalihari Review, 7 August 2019. Accessed 5 December 2020.
- ^ Bamuturaki Musinguzi, "South Africa, Nigeria win short story awards", The East African, 23 August 2019. Accessed 5 December 2020.
- ^ Clarie Gor, "Ghana Boy", The Kalihari Review, 26 July 2019. Accessed 5 December 2020.
- ^ Bamuturaki Musinguzi, "2019 Writivism Prize shortlists announced", The East African, 7 June 2019. Accessed 5 December 2020.
- ^ Carl Terver, Frances Ogamba With the Sentences, Praxis Magazine, 29 June 2019. Accessed 5 December 2020.
- ^ Nathaniel Bivan, "Nigeria's Ogamba Frances is Kalahari Prize 2020 English winner", Daily Trust, 6 December 2020. Accessed 6 December 2020.
- ^ Frances Ogamba, Rewrite Reads. Accessed 5 December 2020.