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.
Independence & Nationalism in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Unity and the Biafra Question, Why the Debate Still Matters More Than Fifty Years After the Civil War
The debate over Nigeria’s unity and the Biafra question is often reduced to a...
Independence & Nationalism in Nigeria
The London Constitutional Conferences and Nigeria’s Final Road to Independence
By the late 1950s, Nigeria was moving steadily toward independence, but the most urgent...
Independence & Nationalism in Nigeria
Nigeria at Independence in 1960, A Federation of Powerful Regions
When Nigeria became independent on 1 October 1960, it emerged as a federation in...