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
Dauda Epo Akara and the Rise of Awurebe Music in Yoruba History
Alhaji Dauda Akanmu Kolawole, widely remembered as Dauda Epo Akara, holds an important place...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Chief Jim Wiwa and the Ogoni Wound Nigeria Still Has Not Healed
Chief Jim Beeson Wiwa belonged to a generation of Ogoni elders whose lives became...
Military Era & Coups in Nigeria
Abacha’s Deputy Accused of Treason, The Diya Coup Allegation That Shook Nigeria in 1998
By late 1997, General Sani Abacha’s government stood at one of the most tense...