Accabre Huntley (born 1967) is a British poet of Guyanese parentage. She became a published poet as a child, and has performed nationally and internationally on radio and television.^[1]

Accabre Huntley – named after one of the rebels in the 18th-century Berbice revolt^[2] – was born in London in 1967,^[3] the daughter of activists and publishers Jessica and Eric Huntley, who founded Bogle L'Ouverture Publications in 1969. At the age of seven she wrote a poem about suffering racist abuse that was published by Valerie Sinason, who was then doing therapeutic work with children in East London.^[4] At the age of nine or ten she published a book of poems, At School Today, with Bogle L'Ouverture.^[5][6] While studying at Reynolds High School in Acton, London, she published her second poetry collection, Easter Monday Blues.^{[citation needed]}

Huntley's work has been anthologised in collections including James Berry's News from Babylon (1984) and children's anthologies like Grace Nichol's Black Poetry (1988).^[1]

She leads poetry workshops in schools, and is a member of the Poetry Society's Poets in Schools scheme and the Poetry Society's Examinations Department Advisory Group.^[1]

• At School Today. Ealing: Bogle-L'Ouverture, 1977.
• Easter Monday Blues. Ealing: Bogle-L'Ouverture, 1983.