Frances Ogamba
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.
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[edit]- IN SOCIAL JUSTICE, ACTIVISTS WHO RAGE IN THEIR SMALL TWITTER AND FACEBOOK CORNERS, WHO HOLD UP PLACARDS IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE OR A NEED ARE REBELS.
- I WOULD CHANGE HOW THE WORLD PERCEIVES WOMEN”
