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
The Old Northern Emirates of Nigeria, Inside the Rise and Structure of the Sokoto Caliphate
At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the central and western Sudan belt of...
Colonial Nigeria
Why Was Nigeria Colonized, The Real Forces Behind British Rule
Nigeria was colonized because multiple forces, economic ambition, strategic rivalry, missionary work, corporate power,...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Reclaiming the Benin Legacy
For the first time in a long while, Edo history is stepping back into...