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Bhion Achimba (previously Chibuihe Obi Achimba) grew up in Southeastern Nigeria. He is a poet, essayist, Founding-Editor of Dgëku Magazine, and a fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center.

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Bhion Achimba (they/he) grew up in rural southeastern Nigeria and came to the US as a Scholar-at-Risk fellow at Harvard University. Their manuscript Cantos from the Crossing won the 2023 Center for Book Arts chapbook prize and will be published in November 2023.

Mar 29, 2023 · Growing up in a small farming village in southeastern Nigeria, Bhion Achimba was not supposed to become a writer. His family lacked the resources to send him to college, and they hoped his drafting skills might land him a job as an architect.

Aug 9, 2022 · Bhion Achimba is the pen name of the Nigerian writer Chibuihe Obi Achimba. He is a poet, essayist, and Founding-Editor of Dgëku Magazine. He served as the 2019 Harvard University Scholar At-Risk Fellow, a Visiting Poet in its English Department, and the 2020 Summer Visiting Artist at the Oregon Institute for Creative Research.

Aug 25, 2023 · Bhion Achimba (formerly Chibuihe Obi Achimba), is a Nigerian poet, essayist, and founding editor of Dgëku magazine. Their manuscript, Cantos from the Crossing, won the 2023 Centre for Book Arts Chapbook prize.

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Bhion Achimba grew up in rural Southeastern Nigeria and came to the US as Harvard University Scholar-at-Risk Fellow. They earned an MFA from Brown University and is currently the Vice Presential Doctoral Fellow in the English Department at the University of Utah.

Jul 9, 2023 · Bhion Achimba teaches poetry at Brown University.