Inspire. Share. Tell

ABDUL KENYATTA is the founder and Executive Director of The SPEAKEASY STORYTELLERS since 2002. The SPEAKEASY STORYTELLERS provide workshops and performances in storytelling and community events.

ABDUL KENYATTA is an old-school poet from Harlem and one of the founding members of POETS FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE. He is an avid writer, poet, workshop co-ordinator and stage actor. He has performed as a jazz/blues vocalist in Europe, Canada, the Caribbean and across America.

" There is a liveliness in his resonance and presentation that produces an assortment of shades , hues and styles, suffused into a mellow and rich sound- full of drive and urban rhthym. He brings a poetic perspective to the blues and an Afro- jazz perspective in his poetry" Eric Dabney

He is the STREET CORNER POET, a professor of URBAN NEWS and JAZZALOGICAL MUSEOETRY.

Join the art of storytelling in our upcoming community events.