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
Aku Uka and Sacred Kingship in Wukari
The political history of the Jukun people in the Middle Benue region is closely...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
The Tiv of Central Nigeria, Homeland, Settlement, and the Meaning of Swem
The Tiv are one of the major ethnolinguistic communities of Nigeria’s Middle Belt, with...
Independence & Nationalism in Nigeria
Nigerian Independence and the Constitutional Foundations of the Federal State
Nigeria’s independence on 1 October 1960 was the result of deliberate constitutional development rather...