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
Amalgamation and the Road to Regional Crisis in Nigeria, 1914 to 1967
On 1 January 1914, the British government amalgamated the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria and...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Idah and the Rise of the Igala Kingdom, Power, Kingship, and Origins in the Niger–Benue Corridor
The Igala are one of the major ethnic groups of central Nigeria, concentrated largely...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
The Igala Kingdom, Central Authority and Provincial Governance at Idah
The Igala Kingdom developed around Idah, a riverine settlement whose strategic position along the...