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
Nigerian Leadership History: 7 Remarkable Patterns That Shaped the Presidency
Nigerian leadership history contains striking parallels across military rule, constitutional government, civil war, interrupted...
Nigerian Civil War
Awolowo and Biafra: The £20 Policy, Starvation and Currency War That Shaped Nigeria’s Civil War
Awolowo and Biafra remain inseparable in Nigeria’s public memory of the Civil War. More...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Ado-Ekiti history: How Awamaro, Ilesun and Colonial Rule Shaped an Ancient Yoruba City
Ado-Ekiti history stretches far beyond 1 October 1996, when Ekiti State was created and...