GBENGA ADESINA, yon powèt ak eseyis Nijeryen, te resevwa diplòm MFA li nan New York University, kote Yusef Komunyakaa te mentò li. Yo te pibliye travay li nan Paris Review, Harvard Review, Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A-Day, Guernica, Narrative, The Best American Poetry, The New York Times Magazine, ak lòt kote ankò, epi yo te tradui li nan sis lang. Li se premye Bousye Post-doktoral Mellon Foundation nan Pwezi Mondyal Nwa ak Dyaspora nan Furious Flower Poetry Center, nan James Madison University. Premye liv pwezi li a, Death Does Not End at the Sea, te sou lis long pou National Book Award nan kategori Pwezi.