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.
Military Era & Coups in Nigeria
Usman Kakanda Bello and the 1990 Coup: The Officer Who Died Defending Dodan Barracks
Usman Kakanda Bello was serving as aide-de-camp to General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida when rebel...
Democratic Nigeria
Political Patronage in Nigeria Before the Oil Boom: The Deep Roots of Power Before Petrodollars
Political Patronage in Nigeria Before the Oil Boom was already visible decades before the...
Nigerian History
8 Political Crises Before the Nigerian Civil War
Political crises before the Nigerian Civil War reveal why the conflict cannot be explained...