A Nigerian author’s quantum leap into Igbo cosmology and the nature of reality
Daily Maverick | 02.10.2026 14:00
I read I.O. Echeruo’s The Comfort of Distant Stars while travelling, and there were points when I had to put it down and stare into the middle distance for a while. Partly because Echeruo expects rather a lot from his reader – quantum physics makes an appearance – but mostly because I kept trying to work out what, exactly, I was being asked to believe.
