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
Lagos Billion Naira Budget: 3 Powerful Headlines That Captured Nigeria Before the 1983 Coup
The Lagos Billion Naira Budget announced at the end of 1983 represented one of...
Democratic Nigeria
Industrial and Commercial Bank: Inside the Powerful 1930 Portrait of Nigeria’s First Indigenous Banking Experiment
The Industrial and Commercial Bank occupies a distinctive place in Nigeria’s financial history. Conventionally...
Colonial Nigeria
William Dappa Pepple: 5 Defining Moments in the Bonny King’s Exile, Return and Missionary Legacy
William Dappa Pepple occupied one of the most remarkable positions in nineteenth-century West African...