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. 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, 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