Damilola Michael Aderibigbe (born 1989) is a Nigerian poet based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

He is an assistant professor of creative writing in the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi.

[1][2][3] He is the author of the debut collection of poems, How the End First Showed, which won the Brittingham Prize in Poetry, among other honors.

[5][6][7][8] Upon completing his masters studies in 2017, he proceeded to Florida State University where he earned his doctorate degree in 2022, majoring in English and Creative Writing, with a minor in Global Black Literature.

The book also received praise and coverage from numerous publications, including The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The New York Journal of Books, The Bay State Banner, Bostonia Magazine, Poetry Daily, The Hartford Courant, Africa in Words, The Stockholm Review of Literature, The Journal of Gender Studies among others.