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.
Democratic Nigeria
Nigeria Needs a Voltron Rescue, Not Another Messiah
Nigeria has often been tempted by the dream of a messiah. In moments of...
Colonial Nigeria
Colonial Borders and Nigeria’s Unfinished Nationhood
Nigeria’s unresolved nationhood debate is not only a memory from colonial rule. It remains...
Democratic Nigeria
Why Nigeria Must Stop Waiting for One Saviour to Fix a Broken System
Nigeria’s political life has often carried a familiar expectation, that one president, one election,...