Joanne Gobure

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Joanne Ekamdeiya Gobure (b. April 26, 1982, in Nauru) is a Nauruan poet. She is the cousin of Nauruan tennis player Chris Gobure, who played in the South Pacific Games with Paner Baguga and others.

Gobure was born in Denigomodu and is living in a district of Uaboe. She attended schools of Nibok, Aiwo and Yaren and graduated with the Nauru Junior Certificate. Since 2003 Gobure has worked mainly as a teacher at Nauru College. She was employed by the director of the school, Richard Lewis, and by education minister Baron Waqa as a IT teacher. Although she has not finished college education course, she is studying at the local campus of the University of South Pacific (USP). She mainly provides training to work with Microsoft Office. She additionally works at Nibok Infant School as a teacher.

Furthermore, Gobure writes poetry, overwhelmingly in the English language. Gobure's works are barely known outside of Nauru. Just one poem, called A Beautiful Prayer, has garnered some attention, particularly because it had been running through several internet forums and Christian websites.