Qwantu's profile

Qwantu Amaru (kwan-too a-mar-oo) has been writing since the age of 11.  An avid reader, he has always aspired to write suspenseful page-turners and socially significant literature like those of his writing influences Richard Wright, Alex Hailey, Walter Mosley, Donald Goines, Toni Morrison, Ralph Ellison and Stephen King.  

Qwantu draws his inspiration from his modest upbringing in small towns and cities across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Louisiana, and Florida.  

In addition to Simmons Park, Qwantu has written four volumes of poetry: Light Bringer, After the Storm, Midnight’s Shadow, and LoveLost.

Qwantu is a member of the outstanding socially active poetry collective Black on Black Rhyme out of Tallahassee, FL.  He has perfor…

Qwantu Amaru (kwan-too a-mar-oo) has been writing since the age of 11.  An avid reader, he has always aspired to write suspenseful page-turners and socially significant literature like those of his writing influences Richard Wright, Alex Hailey, Walter Mosley, Donald Goines, Toni Morrison, Ralph Ellison and Stephen King.  

Qwantu draws his inspiration from his modest upbringing in small towns and cities across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Louisiana, and Florida.  

In addition to Simmons Park, Qwantu has written four volumes of poetry: Light Bringer, After the Storm, Midnight’s Shadow, and LoveLost.

Qwantu is a member of the outstanding socially active poetry collective Black on Black Rhyme out of Tallahassee, FL.  He has performed spoken word in poetry venues from Florida to New York.  For more information visit the black on black rhyme website at www.blackonblackrhyme.com or e-mail him at qwantu@hotmail.com.  

Qwantu currently lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with his wife.