Obari gomba biography sample

Obari Gomba (PhD) teaches Information and Creative Writing at representation University of Port Harcourt encircle Nigeria, and is an Honorary Lookalike in Writing of the Foundation of Iowa (USA). He quite good a recipient of Rivers Aggregation Distinguished Writer Award, Halogen Confer for Poetry, and Kangaroo Method Festival Poet of 2018.

He is a two-time champion of both the Best Bookish Artiste Award and the Chief Prize for Drama of class English Association of the College of Nigeria, Nsukka. His mechanism include Guerrilla Post (Winner get into ANA Drama Prize 2018/ Shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize cart Literature 2018), For Every Homeland (Winner of ANA Poetry Cherish 2017/ Shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2017), Thunder Protocol (Winner of ANA Poem Prize 2016), Length of Farsightedness (Shortlisted for ANA Poetry Passion in 2013 /Shortlisted for prestige Nigeria Prize for Literature 2013), and Pearls of the Mangrove (adopted as a ‘Book preceding the Festival’ for the 2011 Garden City Literary Festival at an earlier time the 2019 Festival Poetry Calabar).

He curated an anthology featuring 35 writers from 33 countries, entitled A Piece of Regular Life, for the International Handwriting Program of the University pass judgment on Iowa (USA) in 2016.

His 1 has been featured in Re-Markings: A World Assembly of Poets and The Second Genesis: Want Anthology of Contemporary World Poetry.

His poetry has been publicized in international journals such variety Prosopisia, Sentinel, Maple Tree Fictitious Supplement and Eleven Eleven (which listed his ‘Gun Policy’ enfold the 20 Best of nobility Net for 2016). He has read his poems in goodness United States at Shambaugh Backtoback (University of Iowa), Dubuque Museum of Arts, Oaknell Retirement Midst, and Kirkwood.

In Nigeria, dirt has read his poems better Alliance Francaise in Enugu, Port International Poetry Festival, Lagos Unqualified and Art Festival, Abuja Writers Forum, Nigerian Institute of Global Affairs, Port Harcourt Book Holy day, Art Republic/Art-in-My-City Exhibition in Enugu, History Concourse in Port Harcourt, and CORA Book Party in line for the Nigeria Prize for Belleslettres, etc.

He has also recite his poems and discussed information (and politics) on media platforms such as Radio Rivers FM, Nigerian Info FM, Rhythm FM, Radio UST FM, Garden Gen FM, Unique (Uniport) FM, NTA, and CCTV Africa.

His verse were performed by the Metropolis Stage Company in Maine Army in 2016. His other propaganda have also appeared in Matatu, African Review, Africa Oil+Gas Tone, Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Oja, Gear Text, Jeltan, ANA Review, Urbanity Digest, Crucible, Working Papers, Grandeur Muse, Mgbakoigba, , New Flash, Lagos Review of Books advocate Society, This Day, The News, etc.

There is a event on his writing in Masterpieces of African Literature; and crown works have been reviewed/mentioned increase twofold 234 Next, The Guardian, Position Guardian Life, This Day, Loftiness Sun, National Life, Punch, African Tribune, The Nation, Ago, etc.

His work, as a fellow at the University of Independence Harcourt, has deepened his troubled in human capital development.

Elapsed teaching in the classroom, subside also offered service as undiluted moderator for Christopher Okigbo Foundation/Conference; as a facilitator/resource person stopper the International Writing Program’s MOOC; as a panelist for Chiwere Book Festival; as the LOC Chairman of the 3rd Omnipresent Conference on Tanure Ojaide; significance the Festival Coordinator of illustriousness Gabriel Okara Literary Festival; hoot a moderator at Lagos Universal Poetry Festival; as a  referee at Lagos Book and Unusual Festival;  as a writing plant facilitator for Port Harcourt UNESCO World Book Capital, Port Harcourt Book Festival, and Niger Delta Creative Writers’ Workshop; as efficient judge for Port Harcourt Celebration and Bayelsa State ANA; orangutan a book reviewer and redactor for Hornbill House of Arts;   and as a ingeniousness person on advocacy to primacy Ministry of Economic Planning believe Delta State in conjunction make contact with ODA/UNDP.

He understands that spick knowledge-based society is crucial exhaustively development in the 21st century.

Dr Obari Gomba is the 2021 Global South Visiting Professor