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
Nigeria at Breaking Point, The Months That Led to the 15 January 1966 Coup
In the final months before 15 January 1966, Nigeria’s First Republic still appeared to...
Military Era & Coups in Nigeria
Road to the Nigerian Civil War
Nigeria did not slide into civil war in a single moment, it fractured through...
Military Era & Coups in Nigeria
January 1966, The Coup That Ended Nigeria’s First Republic
In the early hours of 15 January 1966, a group of junior officers in...