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.
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
The Jukun and Kwararafa, Power and Political Tradition in the Middle Benue
The history of the Jukun and the Kwararafa, also known as Kororofa, confederacy occupies...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
The Niger Delta People, Identity, Geography, and Historical Realities
The Niger Delta is one of Africa’s most distinctive human landscapes, a vast wetland...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Power and Office in the Nupe Kingdom
The Nupe Kingdom, centred in the middle Niger region, developed a political system that...