"�Pelumi, via his ingenious contortion of language, takes us on a
journey between the complexities of selfhood, faith and longing,
before landing us at a confluence as he carefully [but with
intentionality] steers through the tide of lyrics and metaphors.
Ethos is an unputdownable gem � a speculation with mythology
and religion and clarity from an inexplicably genius teenage
poet!�
� Muhammed Sanni Olowonjoyin, Winner of the Dawn
Poetry Prize (2023)
�We hate poetry that has a palpable design on us�. This is a line
from one of John Keat�s most famous letters. What Adesiyan�s
poetry does, however, is the reverse� it works its way through
us, neatly, in a tone that is both relatable and daring. ETHOS is
a reflection of resistance and yet, of yielding, to everything that
one�s self has become or is becoming. What Adesiyan has done
is to ask those questions we are most scared of asking. This is a
chapbook I will come back to, again and again.
�Chiwenite Onyekwelu, Author of EXILED"