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 Role of British Consuls in Pre-Amalgamation Nigeria
Explore the role of british consuls in pre-amalgamation nigeria. Key context, events, and legacy
Military Era & Coups in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Structural Adjustment Programme and the Rise of Social Crisis
In 1986, under the rule of military president Ibrahim Babangida, Nigeria adopted a Structural...
Crimes in Nigeria
From Street Theft to Armed Networks: Nigeria’s 1990s Crime Evolution
During the 1990s, Nigeria’s criminal landscape underwent a major transformation. Petty urban theft evolved...