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
How Abraham Adesanya Survived Violence and Led Nigeria’s Pro Democracy Stand
In the mid 1990s, Nigeria was living under one of the most restrictive political...
Democratic Nigeria
14 January 1997, The Attempt on Abraham Adesanya and the Birth of “Apamaku”
In early 1997, Nigeria’s political atmosphere was tense and unforgiving. The country was under...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
The Marriage That Time Couldn’t Erase, Dele Giwa, Florence Ita-Giwa, and Nigeria’s Lingering Questions
In Nigeria’s public memory, some stories survive because they were carefully recorded. Others survive...