Waiting for You

Books by Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd

My Deepest Affections Are Yours / Journey to the Motherland / History To Destiny Through Afrocentric Poetry / Loving Black Women

History to Destiny Through Afrocentric Poetry

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Waiting for You

By Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd,

I'm a do

What I want

To do and that is

wait on you

You got a

Lot to go through

You are

So far away too

And as soon

As you come in

You'll make my life

An earthly heaven

I am going to

Wait on you

I feel what

You're going through

I want to

See you and hold you too

So I'm waiting

For you.

Poem dedicated to Ese Ohe Grace Mamadou

History to Destiny Through Afrocentric Poetry by Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd, published by Amen-Ra Theological Seminary Press / 10920 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 150-9132 / Los Angeles, CA 90024-6502

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Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd—Report on Third Annual African-American Spoken Word Festival-- Listen to Conversations of Africa by following this link: http://www.conversationsofafrica.asmnetwork.net/ You are invited to listen to this and join in the conversation and make it a discussion by calling in and participating at 347-215-7831! Remember this segment will begin at 8 PM Pacific Standard Time! Conversations of Africa

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updated 22 February 2008

Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd, born 1952 in San Francisco, graduated from Balboa High School in 1970 and entered University of San Francisco and received a B.A. in 1974 in Political Science and Ethnic Studies (African American). His quest for education continued at Golden Gate university in San Francisco where he received a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) in 1976.

During his early university days he me Chinwe, a Nigerian woman who was also a student, whom he eventually married.

After being disillusioned by the racism encountered while seeking a career in corporate America, he decided to seek alternatives. In 1977 he and his Chinwe moved to Nigeria where he took a four-year appointment as a lecturer of Government at a boy's high school in Benin City.

While in Nigeria he appeared on Nigeria Television on many occasions, wrote poetry, and in his leisure time worked on his 1982 novel The Black Expatriate in Africa.

In 1981 Larry and his wife Chinwe returned to the US. His wife subsequently developed health problems in 1984 and passed away in may 1985. Since then he has mourned his wife, worked as a community services executive in the OMI community of San Francisco (twelve years), and an elementary and secondary teacher. He is currently a high school site leader in the San Francisco Bay Area. ljredd52@aol.com

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