Abu lateef is a Muslim born in America of mixed
Yoruba and Djola African ancestry.
At age seventeen he enlisted in the
US Army becoming a Sergeant eight days before deployment to Viet Nam.
He was honorably discharged at age twenty.
His free style poetry reflects his experiences
in war, love and
Islam.
His verses do not follow traditional Western form and
like him they are revolutionary.
He hurls verses as though on a 'Search and Destroy Mission' ...
using his words as hand grenades blowing apart and
shattering taboos about discussing religion,
politics, and race.
"Kill at Will and Living Dead" put you in touch with
war and its aftermath. Remembrances of his Combat
service causes liquid emotions to form in his eyes,
tying his tongue, so we'll let his poetry speak for him.
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