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.
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Inside MOWAA, The New Museum in Benin City at the Centre of the Global Benin Bronzes Debate
The Museum of West African Art, widely known as MOWAA, is a cultural institution...
Military Era & Coups in Nigeria
General Domkat Bali and the End of His Defence Command
A familiar photograph from the late 1980s shows Major General Jeremiah Timbut Useni standing...
Democratic Nigeria
The Ogoni Teachers Union and MOSOP
In the history of Ogoniland’s struggle for rights and environmental justice, attention often falls...