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
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...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
The History of Power Mike
Michael Okpala, better known as Power Mike, occupies a distinctive place in Nigerian sporting...