Bassey Ikpi bụ onye Naijiria amụrụ na America na-ese okwu, onye ode akwụkwọ, na onye na-akwado ahụike uche. Ọ pụtago na HBO 's Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry ugboro ise abụ uri ya emepeela ihe ngosi maka ndị nka na-emeri Grammy Award . Ọ bụkwa onye akwụkwọ akụkọ ya nke M na-ekwu Eziokwu Mana m na-asị Asị ụgha . kacha ere na New York Times N'afọ puku abụọ na ịrị abụọ, o kpere Indiana Review Creative Nonfiction Prize. O gosikwara na mkpọsa nkwanye ugwu ụmụ nwanyị Otu narị nke OkayAfrica puku abụọ na ịrị abụọ, nke mere mmemme ụmụ nwanyị na-arụ akụrụngwa maka ọgbọ ndị Africa n'ọdịnihu. A mụrụ Ikpi n'Ikom, Cross River State, Nigeria, n'abalị atọ, n'ọnwa Ọgọst na puku otu afọ narị iteghete na iri asaa na isii, n'ime n'ezinaụlọ Naijiria bụ ndị sibu na Ugep . Mgbe ọ dị afọ anọ, ya na ndị mụrụ ya kwagara Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States ebe o biri ruo mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na atọ. Mgbe ahụ ọ kwagara Greenbelt, Maryland, nke dị na Washington DC .