Max Siollun
{{short description|Nigerian historian}}
Max Siollun is a British-Nigerian historian who specializes on Nigerian history with a particular focus on the Nigerian military and how it has affected Nigeria's socio-political trajectory from the pre-colonial era to the present. Siollun was educated in England, graduating from the University of London.
Articles and books
Siollun's book [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0875867081 Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966–1976)], published in 2009, has received favorable reviews by numerous commentators who note Siollun's contribution to Nigerian history, not least for its dispassionate tone, critical insight and unpacking of a complex series of events which were hitherto poorly documented or not documented at all.{{cite web | url=http://www.sociolingo.com/2011/01/nigeria-book-review-oil-politics-and-violence/ | title=SocioLingo Africa | access-date=2011-01-25 | archive-date=2011-07-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716101641/http://www.sociolingo.com/2011/01/nigeria-book-review-oil-politics-and-violence/ | url-status=dead }}
Siollun has written about the Dikko affair, which strained diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Nigeria for some time.{{Cite web | title=Nigeria And Israel: The Kidnap Of Umaru Dikko | url=http://www.nigeriansinamerica.com/articles/2351/1/Nigeria-And-Israel-The-Kidnap-Of-Umaru-Dikko/Page1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516005350/http://www.nigeriansinamerica.com/articles/2351/1/Nigeria-And-Israel-The-Kidnap-Of-Umaru-Dikko/Page1.html | access-date=2024-12-28 | archive-date=2008-05-16}}{{Cite web | title=The World's Greatest Spy Capers - The Dikko Affair | website=Newsweek | year=1984 | url=http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/30/the-world-s-greatest-spy-capers/the-dikko-affair-1984.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304231635/http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/30/the-world-s-greatest-spy-capers/the-dikko-affair-1984.html | archive-date=2016-03-04 }}{{cite journal |title=The Dikko Affair and Anglo-Nigerian Relations |author=Adeoye Akinsanya |journal=The International and Comparative Law Quarterly |volume=34 |issue=3 |date=July 1985 |pages=602–609 |jstor=759313|doi=10.1093/iclqaj/34.3.602 }} Siollun's fifth book The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule was published in 2025.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745350097/the-forgotten-era/ |title=The Forgotten Era }}
Bibliography
- {{cite book
|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966–1976)
|author=
|publisher=Algora Publishing |year=2009
|isbn=978-0-87586-708-3}}
- {{cite book|title=Soldiers of Fortune: Nigerian Politics From Buhari to Babangida(1983-1993)
|author=
|date=2013
|publisher=Cassava Republic Press
|isbn=978-978-50238-2-4}}
- {{cite book|title=Nigeria's Soldiers of Fortune: The Abacha and Obasanjo Years
|author=
|date=2019
|publisher=Oxford University Press
|isbn=9781787382022}}
- What Britain Did to Nigeria: A Short History of Conquest and Rule, C. Hurst & Co Publishers, 2021. {{ISBN|978-1787383845}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/what-britain-did-to-nigeria/#:~:text=Max%20Siollun,on%20Africa's%20most%20populous%20state.&text=Most%20accounts%20of%20Nigeria's%20colonisation,superstition%20and%20corrupt%20tribal%20leadership|title=What Britain Did to Nigeria: A Short History of Conquest and Rule|publisher=Hurst|access-date=16 March 2021}}
- {{cite book|title=The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule
|author=
|publisher=Pluto Press |year=2025
|isbn=9780745350080}}
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Category:21st-century Nigerian historians
Category:Alumni of the University of London