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.

The Making of Nigeria Under British Rule

Nigeria’s emergence as a single political entity was a long historical process shaped by...

Colonial Rule in Nigeria, Economic Extraction, Political Exclusion, and the Rise of Nationalism

British colonial rule in the territory that became Nigeria developed through conquest, treaties, and...

Who Are the Peoples of Nigeria’s Guinea Savanna?

Nigeria’s Guinea Savanna forms one of the country’s most important ecological and human landscapes....