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.
Nigerian History
3 Defining Milestones of the Lagos-Kano Railway
The Lagos-Kano Railway was not completed in a single dramatic moment. Its emergence stretched...
Colonial Nigeria
Harry Rawson and the 1897 Invasion of Benin: The Decisive Campaign That Changed a Kingdom
Harry Rawson and the 1897 Invasion of Benin form one of the most consequential...
Colonial Nigeria
1897 Benin Ambush: 5 Harrowing Days of Survival
The 1897 Benin ambush of 4 January left seven British members of a party...