"Rich-veined, sensual, and probing, this rewarding collection bears the
imprint of a keen, world-wise poet. Tade Aina is a well-traveled man who
weaves the lore, legends and histories of hearth and far-flung places
with equal self-assurance." - Okey Ndibe, author of Foreign Gods,
Inc. (Soho Press 2014).
"Tade Aina's book, The Wanderer's Waves, is an outstanding poetic
chronicle of a trailblazer's explorations, observations and experiences
across the world, from the Americas to Zimbabwe and from the early years
of youth. The composition style is a combination of traditional,
renaissance and modernist archetypes in postcolonial poetic rendition.
The poems, in total, also have a universal community spirit and
reflectively speak to our blessed multiple identities as humans, while
shedding clear light on the ties that bind humanity, such as ties to
nature and mobility." - Akwasi Aidoo, author of Rhythms of Dignity
(Amalion 2020).
"Travel, landscapes, people, the territories of the senses, of the
heart. 'Life, for him a geography of minutes'. Echoes from the
experiences of the restless soul about the world, whose work also turns
him into an eavesdropper, the fly-on-the-wall insights. In this body of
work, to be gently savored, the reader will encounter the dimensions of
worlds, refracted in a most refreshing way." - Yvonne Adhiambo
Owuor, author of Dust (Granta 2015).
