Sefi Atta onye nke amụrụ n'ọnwa Jenụwarị n'afọ 1964 bụ nwa afọ Naijiria bi n'America. Ọ nwere ihe nrite pụrụ iche site na-ide akwụkwọ, egwuregwu na egwuregwu ndi a na-ekiri n'onyonyo. A tụgharịala ụfọdụ akwụkwọ ya n'ọtụtụ asụsụ di iche iche. Akwụkwọ ndi nke bụ egwurwegwu pụtara ihe bụ nke ndi BBC na-egosipụta n'igwe redio, egwregwu ndi nke a na-eme na nkwago egwuruegwu bụ nke gara mba ụwa niile. Ihe onyinye o nwetago gụnyere Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa n'afọ 2006 nakwa Noma Award for Publishing in Africa n'afọ 2009. . A mụrụ Sefi Atta mụrụ na Lagos, Nigeria, n'ọnwa Jenụwarị n'afọ 1964, Ha dị ise n' ezinaụlọ a. Nna ya Abdul-Aziz Atta bụ odeakwụkwọ nke gọọmentị Naijiria bụrụkwa Onye Isi ndi ọrụ oyibo wee ganye n'ọnwa ya n'afọ 1972, nne ya bụ Iyabo Atta zụrụ ya. Ọ gara Queen's College, Lagos na Millfield School nke England. N’afọ 1985, ọ nwetara nzere mmụta BA na Mahadum Birmingham . O tozuru etozu dika onye na -ahụ maka ego obodo n'obodo England nakwa mba United States, ebe o kwagara n'afọ 1994.