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.
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
The Wartime Wedding Photograph That Linked F.R.A. Williams to Gowon’s Lagos
On 19 April 1969, Nigeria’s Head of State, Major General Yakubu Gowon, married Victoria...
Military Era & Coups in Nigeria
Mohammed Shuwa: The Civil War General Whose Death Exposed Nigeria’s New Security Crisis
Major General Mohammed Shuwa, also widely referred to as Mamman or Muhammadu Shuwa, remains...
Military Era & Coups in Nigeria
The General Who Survived Nigeria’s Civil War, Then Fell in Maiduguri
Major General Mohammed Shuwa, also widely remembered as Mamman Shuwa, remains one of the...