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.
African History
Patrice Lumumba and the Struggle for a United Congo, Prison, Politics, and Independence
By the late 1950s, the Belgian Congo was no longer politically quiet. Across Africa,...
African History
Patrice Lumumba, From Colonial Subject to National Leader
Patrice Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925 in the village of Onalua, located...
African History
Patrice Lumumba and the Congo Crisis, From Independence to Assassination
On 30 June 1960, the Belgian Congo became independent and was renamed the Republic...