Mace Books Associates Limited, Lagos, in conjunction with Treasure Books Limited, Yenagoa, has released the revised edition of “Camouflage: Best of Contemporary Writing from Nigeria.”
This revised edition anthology is coming 15 years after the first edition was published in 2006.
Edited by Nduka Otiono and Odoh Diego Okenyodo, “Camouflage” has been described as “an agenda-setting collection and a major milestone in the history of Nigerian literature only comparable to what Wole Soyinka’s Poems of Black Africa is to students and critics of African literature.”
Camouflage serves as a bridge between the “third” and “fourth” generation of Nigerian writers.
The 358-page mixed genre anthology contains a total of 71 Nigerian writers including poets and short story writers. It is an anthology of who-is-who in postmodern Nigerian writing, curated by some of the finest amongst the breeds.
Some of the contributors include: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Helon Habila, Afam Akeh, Pius Adesanmi, Unoma Azuah, Chika Unigwe, Ahmed Maiwada, Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, Lola Shoneyin, E.E. Sule, Chiedu Ezeanah, Nengi and Bina Ilagha, Uche Nduka, Maik Nwosu and Obi Nwakanma.
The present volume is close to the original version. However, this edition features a new cover; a new short story, “The Fate of Yala Street” by Ike Okonta; an extensively updated “Notes on Contributors,” and additional editing for errors.
Sadly, some of the contributors have passed on in the intervening fifteen years. These include: Pius Adesanmi, Nike Adesuyi, Adolphus Amasiatu, Halima Lawal, and Simeon Chibiko Nwakaudu.
To celebrate the release, the editors and the publishers have outlined some activities geared towards promoting the anthology. The lined-up activities include online and physical book reading events, campus book tours, a special webinar to mark the release, and other marketing strategies intended to improve the readership of the anthology.
According to the Lead Editor, Nduka Otiono, “The high demand for copies of the anthology necessitated a reissue, fifteen years after the first publication. As you can see, many of the contributors have gone on to become literary stars and legends in their own rights”.
Otiono, a former General Secretary of the Association of Nigerian Authors, is a Professor of African Studies and English at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Giving reasons for the new edition of Camouflage, a former Public Relations Officer of the Association of Nigerian Authors and distinguished literary journalist and Development Communications expert, Odoh Diego Okenyodo, says, “In the digital era, there have been calls to have the book available for online purchase in Nigeria and the Diaspora. We thought that just re-issuing the old anthology wouldn’t suffice, so we updated the work to add value to contributors and readers accustomed to digital books. Hence, both the paperback and the eBook are now available on Amazon, Kindle, Lulu, Okada Books, and other major platforms.”
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