Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl is a dynamic one-woman show featuring comedy, storytelling, and spoken word poetry based on Amena Brown’s book of the same title. The performance blends pop culture commentary, relationship advice and a love letter to Black women as Amena weaves together moments of vulnerability, nostalgia, empowerment, and humor—inviting the audience into her world with honesty and charisma. From church girl shenanigans to therapy mishaps, from ill fitting bras to who makes the mac and cheese, she weaves together moments that are deeply specific yet universally felt, a celebration of Black girl magic, memory, and resilience—full of rhythm, vulnerability, and belly-deep laughter. Amena’s stage performance creates an unforgettable connection and inspiration, part storytelling, part spoken word, part comedy—and entirely captivating.

Amena Brown is a spoken word poet, author, and performing artist whose work interweaves keep-it-real storytelling, rhyme and humor. A proud graduate of Spelman College and previous poetic partner for Tracee Ellis Ross’ natural hair brand, PATTERN Beauty, Amena is the author of new comedic essay collection, Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl.