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Five Great New Books about Colonial #Nigeria Coming Soon…

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Books about Britain’s colonisation of Nigeria are rare. Then like buses – five of them come along at once! In the next 5 months, 5 different books about Nigeria’s colonial history under British rule will be released. Three of them tackle the same subject (Britain’s invasion of the Kingdom of Benin).

(1) “What Britain Did to Nigeria: A Short History of Conquest and Rule” by Max Siollun (@maxsiollun) (published by @HurstPublishers).

(2) “Formation: The Making of Nigeria, from Jihad to Amalgamation” by Feyi Fawehinmi and Fola Fagbule (@FolaFagbule and @DoubleEph) – published by Cassava Republic (@CassavaRepublic).

Then: three different books about the same incident: the British conquest of the ancient kingdom of Benin in 1897:

3) “The Conquest of Benin: the British Empire & the Kingdom of Bronze” by Paddy Docherty (@paddydocherty) – published by @HurstPublishers.

4) “Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes” by Barnaby Philips (@BarnabyPhillips) and published by Oneworld Publications – @OneworldNews.

5) “The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution”, by Dan Hicks (@profdanhicks), published by Pluto Press (@PlutoPress)

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Chapter 10 Title: “The Abacha to Obasanjo Years” – #NIGSOF

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My latest book “Nigeria’s Soldiers of Fortune: the Abacha to Obasanjo Years” hits bookshelves this month. Over the next few weeks, I will be announcing the title of each chapter, one chapter title per day.  The title of chapter 10 is…

“Murder Inc“…

You can buy the book from these places.

Follow me on Twitter and Instagram.

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Chapter 8 Title: “The Abacha to Obasanjo Years” – #NIGSOF

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NSOF cover

2 weeks to go before my latest book “Nigeria’s Soldiers of Fortune: the Abacha to Obasanjo Years” hits bookshelves. Over the next few weeks, I will be announcing the title of each chapter, one chapter title per day.  The title of chapter 8 is…

“The Phantom Coup“…

You can buy the book from these places.

Follow me on Twitter and Instagram.

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6th Chapter Title: “The Abacha to Obasanjo Years”

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1 week to go before my latest book “Nigeria’s Soldiers of Fortune: the Abacha to Obasanjo Years” hits bookshelves. Over the next few weeks, I will be announcing the title of each chapter, one chapter title per day.  The title of chapter 6 is…

“Confrontation“…

You can buy the book from these places.

Follow me on Twitter and Instagram.

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Chapter 4 Title Revealed: “The Abacha and Obasanjo Years” – #NIGSOF

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Just less than 2 weeks to go before my latest book “Nigeria’s Soldiers of Fortune: the Abacha and Obasanjo Years” hits bookshelves. Over the next few weeks, I will be announcing the title of each chapter, one chapter title per day.

The title of chapter 4 is …

“The Khalifa”

You can buy the book from these places.

NSOF cover

Follow me on Twitter and Instagram.

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“#Nigeria’s Soldiers of Fortune: the Abacha to Obasanjo Years” – Chapter Titles #NIGSOF

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Just over 2 weeks to go before my latest book “Nigeria’s Soldiers of Fortune: the Abacha to Obasanjo Years” hits bookshelves. Over the next 3 weeks, I will be announcing the title of each chapter, one chapter title per day.  The first chapter title will land this week. Stay tuned. #NIGSOF

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#Buhari – Soldiers of Fortune Book Reading on Unilorin 89.3FM @IqraBooks @coolgaffi @UNILORIN893FM @bolajibooks

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Essential reading for those who want to understand Buhari 1.0.
Unilorin FM 89.3 radio station has been doing readings of Max Siollun’s book on the Buhari and Babangida years called “Soldiers of Fortune: Nigeria From Buhari to Babangida (1983-1993)”.

They are doing the readings every Monday at 5:30pm Nigeria time. You can listen online at  or via their Android and Blackberry apps.

https://soundcloud.com/max-siollun/soldiers-of-book-reading-on-unilorin-fm-893

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Readers with their Copy of Soldiers of Fortune – Number 28

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Many of you have been posting images of yourselves with your copy of my book Soldiers of Fortune. To say thanks to you, I have been posting “shout outs” to say thanks to you for buying and reading the book.

The 28th shout out goes to Laitan Eyiowu

Copies of Soldiers of Fortune can now be downloaded to Amazon Kindle from the Amazon website:

It can also be bought online from Buyam and Cassava Republic who can deliver directly to your front door:

other buying locations: –

  • Glendora, Awolowo Road, South-West Ikoyi, Lagos
  • Patabah Bookstore, Shop B18, Adeniran Ogunsanya mall, Surulere, Lagos
  • Jazzhole in Lagos, at 168 Awolowo Road, Lagos, Nigeria
  • Terrakulture, Plot 1379, Tiamiyu Savage, Victoria Island, Lagos

Full list of locations here: http://www.fortunesoldiers.com/where-to-buy/

Reviews: http://www.fortunesoldiers.com/in-the-news/

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Readers with Their Copy of Soldiers of Fortune (Now Available on Kindle) – Number 26

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Many of you have been posting images of yourselves with your copy of my book Soldiers of Fortune. To say thanks to you, I have been posting “shout outs” to say thanks to you for buying and reading the book.

The 26th shout out goes to Abdullahi Aborode.

http://instagram.com/p/wJgLTwDnuL/

Abdullahi also bought a copy of my first book “Oil, Politics, and Violence”:

http://instagram.com/p/wJgLTwDnuL/

Copies of Soldiers of Fortune can now be downloaded to Amazon Kindle from the Amazon website:

It can also be bought online from Buyam and Cassava Republic who can deliver directly to your front door:

other buying locations: –

  • Glendora, Awolowo Road, South-West Ikoyi, Lagos
  • Patabah Bookstore, Shop B18, Adeniran Ogunsanya mall, Surulere, Lagos
  • Jazzhole in Lagos, at 168 Awolowo Road, Lagos, Nigeria
  • Terrakulture, Plot 1379, Tiamiyu Savage, Victoria Island, Lagos

Full list of locations here: http://www.fortunesoldiers.com/where-to-buy/

Reviews: http://www.fortunesoldiers.com/in-the-news/

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Readers with Their Copy of Soldiers of Fortune – Number 23 (Femi Oke) – #maxsiollun

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Many of you have been posting images of yourselves with your copy of my book Soldiers of Fortune. To say thanks to you, I have been posting “shout outs” to say thanks to you for  buying and reading the book.

The 23rd shout out goes to Femi Oke. Happy reading Femi. I hope you enjoy the book.

Copies of Soldiers of Fortune can be bought from:

Online from Buyam and Cassava Republic who can deliver directly to your front door:

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