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.
Independence & Nationalism in Nigeria
Nigeria at Independence, The State the British Left Behind
Nigeria became independent on 1 October 1960, and the moment marked a formal transfer...
Independence & Nationalism in Nigeria
The Negotiators of Nigeria’s Independence, The Nationalists Who Bargained a New Nation into Being
Nigeria’s independence is often remembered through ceremony, speeches, and the moment the Union Jack...
Military Era & Coups in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Defining Military Coups, How Power Seizures Reshaped the Nation, 1966 to 1993
Nigeria’s modern political story cannot be understood without the coups that repeatedly reset the...