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
Ilorin’s Revolt and the Fall of the Oyo Empire
In the early nineteenth century, the Oyo Empire remained one of the most influential...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
The Aro Expedition, Britain’s Pacification War That Broke Arochukwu’s Power in Eastern Nigeria
At the turn of the twentieth century, Arochukwu was more than a settlement in...
Colonial Nigeria
From Lagos 1912 to National Reform, The Birth of Nigeria’s Civil Service Union Tradition
On Monday, 19 August 1912, a group of African civil servants gathered in Lagos...