Kabrena Robinson is an award-winning Afro-Jamaican author, queer multidisciplinary artist, performer, playwright, biomythist, and cultural storyteller of Accompong Maroon lineage. Born and raised in Jamaica and currently based in Tkaronto, her work is deeply rooted in storytelling as a practice of remembrance, resistance, and healing.
Kabrena began performing on stage as a child in Jamaica, where her love for story, language, and embodiment first took root. That foundation later led her into journalism, where she spent several years amplifying stories of the Caribbean diaspora and documenting the lived realities of Black, Caribbean, African, and immigrant communities. At nineteen, she migrated to Canada and continued to use her voice as a writer and cultural worker, exploring themes of displacement, survival, cultural memory, and identity across borders.
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As an immigrant and descendant of ancestral resistance, Kabrena understands the urgency of seeing oneself reflected in stories that are honest, grounded, and culturally specific. Storytelling is the thread that runs through all aspects of her work as a writer, teacher, performer, mentor, and community facilitator. Her creative and literary practice centres voices that are often underrepresented or excluded and is guided by a deep sense of cultural responsibility and care.
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Kabrena’s multidisciplinary artistic practice spans theatre, movement, dub poetry, spoken word, and ritual performance. Drawing from Afro-Caribbean spirituality, African griot traditions, Jamaican pantomime, and embodied storytelling practices, her work blends ancestral memory with contemporary experience to create transformative, mythic worlds rooted in truth. Her current work as a playwright marks a return to the stage, bringing her storytelling full circle through theatre as a space for self-discovery, collective healing, and communal witnessing.
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In addition to her performance and writing practice, Kabrena is a passionate advocate for youth empowerment. She leads creative workshops and programs that support young people, particularly those from African and Caribbean communities, in developing their voices, cultural pride, and self-awareness. These values are reflected in her collection of children’s books, which offer affirming, authentic representations of Black and Caribbean childhood.
Kabrena is also the founder and CEO of Eva-Michelle & Family Publishing, an award-winning family publishing company dedicated to supporting independent authors in bringing their stories to life with integrity and intention.
Across disciplines and generations, Kabrena Robinson remains committed to changing the narrative, honouring where we come from, speaking truth to power, and using story as a tool for liberation, connection, and healing.
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Her recent performance and writing credits include Lulu by Sahra Simpson at the Toronto Fringe Festival 2025, Sankofa Trilogy by d’bi.young anitafrika at the SummerWorks Festival and Theatre Centre production in 2025, and Uprooted by Kabrena Robinson, presented at the Word! Sound Powah Festival. These works reflect her ongoing commitment to embodied storytelling, diasporic memory, and decolonial performance practices.