Frances Ogamba Explained

Frances Ogamba is a Nigerian short story writer.

In 2019, Ogamba's nonfiction 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 Nonfiction.^[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 the 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

• Call Her No One, Craft Literary
• The Valley of Memories, Afreecan Reads.
• The Tribute, YNaija, 2016.
• The Grandpa Whose Head was not Correct, great weather for Media.
• A review of The Valley of Memories, Arts and Africa, 20 May 2019.
• Ghana Boy, Munyori Literary Journal, 20 May 2019.
• Hues of Perfection, Jalada, 14 December 2019.
• Tree People, Rewrite Reads, Issue 1, November 2020.
• "My Husband's Wife", 2020.
• Love for Ashes, The Dark Magazine, 1 January 2021.
• Like Large Bodies of Light, Chestnut Review, February, 2021.
• Must Read Speculative Short Fiction for February 2021 TOR.COM, 2021.
• The Unearthing Temz Review
• Water Child The Dark Magazine, 1 May 2021.
• The Urn The Dark Magazine, 1 June 2021.
• Factory Baby Yabaleft Review, 24 July 2021.
• The Hide's Effect, The Dark Magazine, 1 October 2021.
• Under the Sentinel's Watch, Lolwe, November, 2021.
• The Kings Street Barbers, Dgeku, January 2022.
• On the Brink, Midnight & Indigo, March 2022.
• For Ibiso, Cinnabar Moth.
• Master of Ceremonies, The Dark Magazine, 1 May 2022.
• Reaching for Ijenu, New Orleans Review, Spring/Summer 2022

External links

• In Conversation with Frances Ogamba
• Olakunle Ologunro in conversation with Frances Ogamba
• Open Country Mag Hosts Lolwe and Doek! Moderated by Frances Ogamba
• ‘Iberibe and Ogadinma: Women in Nigerian Fiction anchored by Frances Ogamba

Notes and References

1. Claire Gor, "The Valley of Memories", The Kalihari Review, 7 August 2019. Accessed 5 December 2020.
2. Bamuturaki Musinguzi, "South Africa, Nigeria win short story awards", The East African, 23 August 2019. Accessed 5 December 2020.
3. Clarie Gor, "Ghana Boy", The Kalihari Review, 26 July 2019. Accessed 5 December 2020.
4. Bamuturaki Musinguzi, "2019 Writivism Prize shortlists announced", The East African, 7 June 2019. Accessed 5 December 2020.
5. Carl Terver, Frances Ogamba With the Sentences, Praxis Magazine, 29 June 2019. Accessed 5 December 2020.
6. Nathaniel Bivan, "Nigeria's Ogamba Frances is Kalahari Prize 2020 English winner", Daily Trust, 6 December 2020. Accessed 6 December 2020.
7. http://www.rewritereads.com/contributors/frances-ogamba/ Frances Ogamba