Max Siollun is a historian, writer, and author who specialises in Nigeria’s history under military rule. He has written some of the most acclaimed books on Nigeria’s history, and divides his time between London, Washington, DC, and Nigeria.
Books in order of publication:
Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria’s Military Coup Culture (1966-1976) – 2009
Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993) – 2013
Nigeria’s Soldiers of Fortune: The Abacha and Obasanjo Years – 2019
What Britain Did to Nigeria: A Short History of Conquest and Rule – 2021
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