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
Rule by Decree, How Nigeria’s Military Governments Weakened Law, Courts, and the Press
Military rule in Nigeria was frequently justified as a corrective to civilian politics. Soldiers...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
How Omu Okwei of Osomari Became One of the Most Influential Women in Colonial Nigeria
Omu Okwei of Osomari occupies a distinguished place in the history of southern Nigeria....
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Olutoyin Olakunri, the woman who opened Nigeria’s accounting profession and rose to lead its most powerful institutions
Olutoyin Olakunri belongs to that rare class of Nigerian pioneers whose significance did not...