Jah Kente International ®, Inc.
  • Mission
    • Program History
  • GOVERNANCE
    • Dr.BarksdaleHall
    • Dr. Theresia Wansi -Financial Literacy
    • Administrative Secretary, BOD
    • LaVonne Taliaferro-Bunch
    • Rufus T. Stevenson
    • Contacts
  • INTERNATIONAL
    • African Union ECOSOCC - Ghana
    • Youth Specfic
    • Pioneer Grand Cameroonian Diaspora Summit
    • Heritage Tours and Development
    • Central Africa Region >
      • Cameroon
  • OUT OF SCHOOL TIME
    • Dance Ethnography
    • Theatre >
      • MBSYEP 2021 STALWARTS >
        • Dare to Amaze Youths >
          • Christian Pree
          • myjadarbymkthepoet
          • Ajani Obaseki
          • Chiamaka Irika
          • Hope Payne
          • OST Project Proficient
    • Visual Arts >
      • ArtsAndDecor
      • SerenityPonger
      • Samara Winston
      • Ashley Torres
      • Film
    • Communication Media Arts
    • WORK READINESS >
      • Work Readiness Workshop: SCANS
      • Mentorship >
        • YMOC-Outreach
      • Tailored Workshop
    • Research
    • African Hit Music of All Time
    • Textile, Fashion Arts and Cosmetology >
      • Designs by DC Youths
    • Medicine and Arts
  • ARTS&HUMANITIES
    • Ethnohistory
    • Culinary Arts and Sommelier >
      • News/Events >
        • COVID-19
        • Archives
      • Food Research and News
    • Harlem Renaissance
    • Freedom Ride and Civil Rights
    • Global Politics, Leadership, and Diplomacy
    • Juneteenth
    • Great Literature >
      • Things Fall Apart >
        • Metaphor and Similes >
          • Written Word
        • Tone
        • Igbo Phrases
      • Poetry for Purpose >
        • Spoken Word
  • THE SALON
    • AfricanWomenofEssence
In times of crises crying for change, the poet illuminates the path forward. In times hope, the poet inspires a way forward. In times of doubt, the poet carries you forward, igniting the beauty in humanity. Jah Kente International Inc's Poetry for Purpose is ethically-alert with a diverse outlook and civic consciousness.  Is that you? STEP FORWARD

he Jah Kente International Inc.'s Poetry for Purpose is individualized to give aspiring poets the knowledge, skills, and tools to actualize the vision, and becoming confident public speakers who may step up as members of the poetic community.
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Youths with diverse poetic styles are encouraged to explore the freedom of thought and expression while discovering and developing their ​talents. They learn to write in the freer modes characteristic of most contemporary poetry, learn how to make creative use of more traditional poetic forms, and also learn from historic past that informs the presen

Through innovative sessions and mentorship, they hone their techniques, elevate their work, re-imagine the possible, and achieve the goal through the art.


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  • Mission
    • Program History
  • GOVERNANCE
    • Dr.BarksdaleHall
    • Dr. Theresia Wansi -Financial Literacy
    • Administrative Secretary, BOD
    • LaVonne Taliaferro-Bunch
    • Rufus T. Stevenson
    • Contacts
  • INTERNATIONAL
    • African Union ECOSOCC - Ghana
    • Youth Specfic
    • Pioneer Grand Cameroonian Diaspora Summit
    • Heritage Tours and Development
    • Central Africa Region >
      • Cameroon
  • OUT OF SCHOOL TIME
    • Dance Ethnography
    • Theatre >
      • MBSYEP 2021 STALWARTS >
        • Dare to Amaze Youths >
          • Christian Pree
          • myjadarbymkthepoet
          • Ajani Obaseki
          • Chiamaka Irika
          • Hope Payne
          • OST Project Proficient
    • Visual Arts >
      • ArtsAndDecor
      • SerenityPonger
      • Samara Winston
      • Ashley Torres
      • Film
    • Communication Media Arts
    • WORK READINESS >
      • Work Readiness Workshop: SCANS
      • Mentorship >
        • YMOC-Outreach
      • Tailored Workshop
    • Research
    • African Hit Music of All Time
    • Textile, Fashion Arts and Cosmetology >
      • Designs by DC Youths
    • Medicine and Arts
  • ARTS&HUMANITIES
    • Ethnohistory
    • Culinary Arts and Sommelier >
      • News/Events >
        • COVID-19
        • Archives
      • Food Research and News
    • Harlem Renaissance
    • Freedom Ride and Civil Rights
    • Global Politics, Leadership, and Diplomacy
    • Juneteenth
    • Great Literature >
      • Things Fall Apart >
        • Metaphor and Similes >
          • Written Word
        • Tone
        • Igbo Phrases
      • Poetry for Purpose >
        • Spoken Word
  • THE SALON
    • AfricanWomenofEssence