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
Nwagboka of Onitsha, The Last Omu and the Protest That Ended a Female Throne
In nineteenth century Onitsha, authority did not belong to a single ruler. Alongside the...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
The Enduring Influence of Sawaba, Bala Usman, and Soyinka
A photograph has circulated widely for years, commonly presented as showing Hajiya Gambo Sawaba,...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Shehu Sanda Mandarama of Dikwa
At the opening of the twentieth century, the Bornu world was entering one of...