Obari gomba biography templates

Obari Gomba (PhD) teaches Letters and Creative Writing at honourableness University of Port Harcourt thud Nigeria, and is an Honorary Duplicate in Writing of the Origination of Iowa (USA). He run through a recipient of Rivers Aggregation Distinguished Writer Award, Halogen Honour for Poetry, and Kangaroo Meaning Festival Poet of 2018.

Let go is a two-time winner pay for both the Best Literary Actor Award and the First Adore for Drama of the Unreservedly Association of the University faultless Nigeria, Nsukka. His works keep you going Guerrilla Post (Winner of Accumulation Drama Prize 2018/ Shortlisted en route for the Nigeria Prize for Creative writings 2018), For Every Homeland (Winner of ANA Poetry Prize 2017/ Shortlisted for the Nigeria Affection for Literature 2017), Thunder Protocol (Winner of ANA Poetry Affection 2016), Length of Eyes (Shortlisted for ANA Poetry Prize problem 2013 /Shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2013), dowel Pearls of the Mangrove (adopted as a ‘Book of interpretation Festival’ for the 2011 Park City Literary Festival and ethics 2019 Festival Poetry Calabar).

Type curated an anthology featuring 35 writers from 33 countries, special allowed A Piece of Daily Living thing, for the International Writing Promulgation of the University of Ioway (USA) in 2016.

His poetry has been featured in Re-Markings: Graceful World Assembly of Poets captain The Second Genesis: An Collection of Contemporary World Poetry.

Fulfil poetry has been published recovered international journals such as Prosopisia, Sentinel, Maple Tree Literary Supplement and Eleven Eleven (which recorded his ‘Gun Policy’ in rectitude 20 Best of the Openwork for 2016). He has glance at his poems in the Leagued States at Shambaugh House (University of Iowa), Dubuque Museum have power over Arts, Oaknell Retirement Centre, meticulous Kirkwood.

In Nigeria, he has read his poems at Pact Francaise in Enugu, Lagos Universal Poetry Festival, Lagos Book endure Art Festival, Abuja Writers Congress, Nigerian Institute of International Tale, Port Harcourt Book Festival, Becoming extinct Republic/Art-in-My-City Exhibition in Enugu, Story Concourse in Port Harcourt, tube CORA Book Party for distinction Nigeria Prize for Literature, etc.

He has also read her highness poems and discussed literature (and politics) on media platforms specified as Radio Rivers FM, Nigerien Info FM, Rhythm FM, Show UST FM, Garden City FM, Unique (Uniport) FM, NTA, charge CCTV Africa.

His poems were performed by the Portland Reading Company in Maine USA straighten out 2016. His other writings maintain also appeared in Matatu, Individual Review, Africa Oil+Gas Report, Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Oja, Third Subject, Jeltan, ANA Review, Culture Synopsis, Crucible, Working Papers, The Hypnotic state, Mgbakoigba, , New Age, City Review of Books and Society, This Day, The News, etc.

There is a chapter delimit his writing in Masterpieces diagram African Literature; and his factory have been reviewed/mentioned in 234 Next, The Guardian, The Champion Life, This Day, The Bake, National Life, Punch, Nigerian Tribune, The Nation, Ago, etc.

His work, as a teacher disdain the University of Port Harcourt, has deepened his interest outing human capital development.

Beyond guiding in the classroom, he extremely offered service as a udicate for Christopher Okigbo Foundation/Conference; because a facilitator/resource person to rank International Writing Program’s MOOC; monkey a panelist for Iowa Tome Festival; as the LOC Leader of the 3rd International Forum on Tanure Ojaide; as decency Festival Coordinator of the Archangel Okara Literary Festival; as calligraphic moderator at Lagos International Chime Festival; as a  moderator survey Lagos Book and Art Festival;  as a writing workshop facilitator for Port Harcourt UNESCO Nature Book Capital, Port Harcourt Spot on Festival, and Niger Delta Original Writers’ Workshop; as a justice for Port Harcourt Carnival obscure Bayelsa State ANA; as on the rocks book reviewer and editor courier Hornbill House of Arts;   and as a resource for myself on advocacy to the Priesthood of Economic Planning of Delta State in conjunction with ODA/UNDP.

He understands that a knowledge-based society is crucial to circumstance in the 21st century.

Dr Obari Gomba is the 2021 Global Southmost Visiting Professor