Max Siollun

Siollun's books are gripping - Financial Times Much is known about what Europeans did in Africa, yet very little is known about Africa's history before its colonisation. In this surprising exploration, Max Siollun uncovers societies that were not part of a backward 'Dark Continent', but which instead had rich lore to rival the ancient Greeks and Romans. Pre-colonial West Africa...

Most accounts of Nigeria's colonisation were written by British officials, presenting it as a noble civilising mission to rid Africans of barbaric superstition and corrupt tribal leadership. Thanks to this skewed writing of history, many Nigerians today still have Empire nostalgia and view the colonial period through rose-tinted glasses. Max Siollun offers a bold rethink: an unromanticised history, arguing compellingly...

Incredibly necessary, magnificently done, Siollun charts the characters and events that shaped the lives of those who inhabited Nigeria's territories centuries before colonisation - Remi Adekoya, author of It's Not About Whiteness, It's About Wealth Without a doubt, Max Siollun is the best Nigeria-focused historian of our times - Matthew T. Page, former U.S. State Department Nigeria expert Max Siollun...