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.
Military Era & Coups in Nigeria
1966 Apapa Killings: 2 Planned Assassinations at the Heart of Nigeria’s First Military Coup
The 1966 Apapa Killings of Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Chinyelu Unegbe and Colonel Kur Mohammed formed...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Mbonu Ojike: The Powerful Legacy of Nigeria’s “Boycott King”
Mbonu Ojike understood that colonial rule was sustained by more than laws, governors and...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
King Sunny Ade African Songs Dispute: The Powerful Five-Year Contract Battle That Echoed for Decades
The King Sunny Ade African Songs dispute began as a disagreement between a rising...