Max Siollun

'''Max Siollun''' is a British 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 ''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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

Siollun has written about the Dikko affair, which strained diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Nigeria for some time.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> Siollun's fifth book ''The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule'' was published in 2025 via Pluto Press.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745350097/the-forgotten-era/ |title=The Forgotten Era }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-27 |title=Excerpt: The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule by Max Siollun |url=https://brittlepaper.com/2025/03/excerpt-the-forgotten-era-nigeria-before-british-rule-by-max-siollun/ |access-date=2026-01-05 |website=Brittle Paper |language=en-US}}</ref>

==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}}.<ref>{{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}}</ref> *{{cite book|title=The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule |author= |publisher=Pluto Press |year=2025 |isbn=9780745350080}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Siollun, Max}} Category:21st-century Nigerian historians Category:Living people Category:Alumni of the University of London Category:Historians of Nigeria Category:Year of birth missing (living people)