Another Jubilation in ANA Rivers as Dr. Gomba's THE LILT of THE REBEL Makes PAWA Poetry Prize Shortlist

By Raphael Edookue
(Publicity Secretary, ANA Rivers)


Since 2020, members of ANA Rivers have not failed to win or make the shortlist of one sumptuous literary prize or the other. What do they drink there? How do they do it to always get it? 

In 2020, as writers worked hard to balm the sore of the global Covid-19 pandemic on the foot of humanity, Mrs. Nneka Duru emerged winner of African Writers Awards (poetry category), Raphael Edookue, our publicity secretary was a finalist for same prize in 2021. In 2021 as well, Mr. Ihuoma Anaele's Imminent River made the NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature.
This year, our multiple award-winning writer, Honorary Fellow in Writing of the University of Iowa, 2021 Global South Visiting professor of the University of Oxford, and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Port Harcourt, Dr. Obari Gomba has been shortlisted in the English category of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) Poetry Prize for his newly published poetry collection: THE LILT of THE REBEL.

Below is the press release of this development as signed by Dr. Wale Okediran, the Secretary General of PAWA.

PAWA POETRY PRIZE: SHORT LIST (English Category)

JUDGES:
Prof Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang (Ghana)
John Rusimbi (Rwanda)
Dr Idris Okpanachi (Nigeria)
Lillian Aujo (Uganda)
Maureen Isaacson (South Africa)

1. Echezonachukwu Nduka.... Chrysanthemum For Wide Eyed Ghosts

2. Tanure Ojaide....A Poetic Diary Of The Coronavirus Epidemic

3.  Servio Gbadamosi.... Where The Light Enters You

4. Olumide Olaniyan...Akimbo In Limbo

5. Obari Gomba... The Lilt Of The Rebel

The Judges will give us the winning List of the $2000 per category Prizes before the end of February 2022.

PAWA is highly indebted to the Judges for their hard work and dedication.

Dr Wale Okediran
PAWA Secretary General

Comments

  1. Jonah OkpabiFebruary 9, 2022 at 3:12 AM

    Congratulations Dr Obari Gomba. You have been consistent in winning various Literary Prizes.
    You are an inspiration to many.

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