Amena Brown is a spoken word poet, performing artist, and event host whose work interweaves keep-it-real storytelling.
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Amena Brown
Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & Author
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Amena Brown is a spoken word poet, performing artist, and event host whose work interweaves keep-it-real storytelling, rhyme, and humor. She has written five spoken word albums and two non-fiction books. Brown has garnered national attention in media outlets such as Ebony Magazine, Huffington Post, and Belong Magazine. She recently wrote and collaborated with award-winning actress, producer, and activist Tracee Ellis Ross on the Manifesta for Ross’ natural hair product line, PATTERN.
Some of Brown’s most popular spoken word videos are “Letter to My Hair,” where she writes about her natural hair journey, “Dear TV Sitcoms,” a nostalgic piece about the lessons we can learn from sitcoms, “Girlfriends Poem,” where she writes about the importance of friendship among women, and “For the Women” a poem she wrote to honor women of color for International Women’s Day.
Brown’s podcast, “HER With Amena Brown,” centers and elevates the voices, stories, and experiences of Black, Indigenous, Asian, and Latinx women on a different theme each season. Her spiritual memoir “How to Fix a Broken Record” became a limited edition podcast series where Brown interviewed artists, authors, and spiritual leaders around the book’s themes of music, adulting, and relationships. She also co-hosts a pop-up podcast, “Here for the Donuts,” where she and her sister-in-law eat donuts and discuss life’s awkward moments.
From performing at global events such as the Creativity World Forum and Leadercast to hosting events such as the Pantene’s My Black is Beautiful Poetry Stage, Brown takes arenas, theaters, and performance venues and turns them into living rooms, where performance becomes conversation and builds community.
Amena lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband DJ Opdiggy, where she co-hosts Creative Mornings Atlanta.
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Amena Brown Owen - “Be Strong & Courageous” Spoken Word
Twelve Women of the Bible - Hannah with Amena Brown
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