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, won the Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction. Her short story "Ghana Boy", centring on the relationship between a young boy and his gang leader elder brother, was also shortlisted for the 2019 Writivism Short Story Prize. In 2020, her story "My Husband's Wife" was the English-language winner of the inaugural Kalahari Short Story Prize.
Ogamba lives in Port Harcourt, where she works as a content developer.
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 Archived 2023-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, 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 Archived 2023-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, 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
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 Archived 2023-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, Rewrite Reads. Accessed 5 December 2020.
External links
- In Conversation with Frances Ogamba Archived 2020-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
- 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