Gbolade Akinwale
Gbolade Akinwale is a Nigerian historian and writer dedicated to shedding light on the full range of the nation’s past. His work cuts across timelines and topics, exploring power, people, memory, resistance, identity, and everyday life. With a voice grounded in truth and clarity, he treats history not just as record, but as a tool for understanding, reclaiming, and reimagining Nigeria’s future.
Colonial Nigeria
The Willink Commission: How Nigeria Confronted Minority Fears Before Independence but Left Questions Unresolved
Before Nigeria gained independence in 1960, the country faced a pressing internal challenge: the...
Independence & Nationalism in Nigeria
Minority Groups in Nigeria’s Founding Crisis, Why the “Big Three” Story Leaves Out the Niger Delta and the Middle Belt
Nigeria’s journey to independence is often framed as a struggle among the North, West,...
Crimes in Nigeria
How Oil Wealth Fueled Conflict in Nigeria’s Niger Delta
Oil was first discovered in commercial quantity at Oloibiri, in present-day Bayelsa State, in...