Obari Gomba

Obari Gomba (PhD) is an Honorary Fellow in Writing of the University of Iowa, USA. He teaches Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria and has facilitated writing workshops for the 2014 UNESCO World Book Capital. In 2013 his volume Length of Eyes was longlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature; the most recent of his three poetry collections, Thunder Protocol, appeared in 2015. He writes on issues of class, justice, and culture. He participates courtesy of the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos.