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
Ekumeku, The Hidden War in Western Igboland, How a Secret Network Challenged the Royal Niger Company and British Rule
Ekumeku was not a rebellion announced with drums. It was a resistance woven quietly...
Colonial Nigeria
How Britain used Lagos, treaties, gunboats, and railways to tighten control over Yoruba country
British expansion into Yoruba speaking territories did not begin with a single declaration over...
Colonial Nigeria
Empire on the Water, The 1894 Ebrohimi Campaign and the 1895 Akassa Raid That Redefined Power in the Niger Delta
By the 1890s, the Niger Delta was one of West Africa’s most active commercial...