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.
Colonial Nigeria
The Royal Niger Company and the Making of British Power on the Niger, 1879 to 1900
In the late nineteenth century, the Niger River system stood at the centre of...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
How Britain’s Anti Slave Trade Campaign Reshaped the Nigerian Coast, 1807 to the 1880s
Britain’s decision to prohibit its own involvement in the transatlantic slave trade in 1807...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Okoshi Festival in Imakun Omi, Ogun Waterside
In the riverine stretch of Ogun State where lagoons and creeks shape daily movement,...