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Historian and author Max Siollun brings you a monthly African history podcast that never forgets to remember. The world needs an African history podcast - because African history is box office!
Revolutionaries, intellectuals, and villainous assassins: Africa had them all. Dramatic blow by blow reconstructions of explosive historical events, and interviews with historical eyewitnesses and experts. This is a podcast that never forgets to remember.
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Untold Stories of the June 12 Election Annulment in Nigeria
The Babangida military government’s annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election plunged Nigeria into its worst political crisis since its civil war over 20 years earlier. Why was the…
Expat Adventures in Nigeria: Corporate Warfare (Part 1)
What is it like being an expat in Nigeria? British businessman and former CEO of Guinness Nigeria Keith Richards lived and worked in Nigeria for over 20 years. During that time he had movie style…
Umaru Dikko Kidnapped in London: Secret Agents, a Diamond Dealer, and a Politician
When military intelligence agents from Nigeria and Israel abducted Nigeria’s former Minister of Transport Umaru Dikko in broad daylight on a London street in 1984, it triggered a spectacular…
The Hidden Causes of the Nigeria-Biafra Civil War
Nearly 60 years after Nigeria’s civil war started, the war’s legacy still holds Nigeria hostage. The memory of the war between Nigeria and its breakaway south-eastern region which called itself…
Yoruba History: The Rise and Fall of the Oyo Empire
The Oyo Empire was the most famous and powerful of the Yoruba kingdoms in West Africa. The Oyo Empire’s history is box office! It had regicide, revolutions, intrigue, ancestral curses, a scheming…
The Benin Bronzes, the British Museum, and the Benin Massacre
The Benin Kingdom (in modern-day Nigeria) was one of West Africa’s most sophisticated and powerful states. Its government had inter-continental diplomatic relations with European countries, a…
Third Podcast Trailer: A 4 minute crash course on the causes of the Nigerian civil war
This is the third trailer for my upcoming "Elephant Memories History Podcast". This trailer tries to do something impossible (!): summarise the long term causes of the Nigerian civil war in only 4…
Second Trailer for the Elephant Memories History Podcast
This is the second preview of what to expect from my upcoming African history podcast: dramatic reconstructions of historical events, and interviews with eyewitnesses and experts.
First trailer for a new African history podcast
A preview of the Elephant Memories History Podcast: a new African history podcast - coming soon.
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Elephant Memories History Podcast has published 9 episodes since January 2026, covering topics in History.
Elephant Memories History Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 41m.
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