- Joanne Gobure
Joanne Ekamdeiya Gobure (b.
April 26 ,1982 , inNauru ) is apoet from thePacific nation ofNauru .Personal Background
Gobure was born in
Denigomodu and settled in a district ofUaboe . Gobure is the cousin of Nauruan tennis player Chris Gobure, who played in theSouth Pacific Games with Paner Baguga and others. She attended schools ofNibok ,Aiwo andYaren and graduated with the Nauru Junior Certificate.Professional Background
Since 2003 Gobure has worked mainly as a teacher at Nauru College, at
Aiwo . She was employed by the director of the school, Richard Lewis, and by education minister,Baron D. Waqa , as an IT teacher. Although she has not finished college education course, she is studying at the local campus of theUniversity of South Pacific (USP). She mainly provides training to work withMicrosoft Office . She additionally works at Nibok Infant School as a teacher.Poetry
Gobure writes poetry, overwhelmingly in the
English language . While most of Gobure's works are little known outside ofNauru ,Joanne Gobure's 'A Beautiful Prayer' is a poem which has garnered some attention, particularly because it had been running through several internet forums andChristian websites.Reputation
In common with some other comtemporary
Oceanic writers (e.g., such asAfaese Manoa ofTuvalu ), Gobure has the repuation of a writer with a very strong sense of religious vocation.Link
Text of Joanne Gobure's 'A Beautiful Prayer'
http://www.freemedialibrary.com/index.php/A_Beautiful_Prayer
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