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
Prince Nico Mbarga and “Sweet Mother”, the highlife single that outlived its era
Some songs become popular for a season, then fade into memory. “Sweet Mother” did...
Democratic Nigeria
NADECO and the Abacha Regime
The annulment of Nigeria’s June 12, 1993 presidential election stands as one of the...
Military Era & Coups in Nigeria
The January 1966 Coup Plotters
In the early hours of January 15, 1966, mutinous elements within the Nigerian Army...