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
Empire on the Water, The 1894 Ebrohimi Campaign and the 1895 Akassa Raid That Redefined Power in the Niger Delta
By the 1890s, the Niger Delta was one of West Africa’s most active commercial...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
How a Trading Company and a Yoruba War Peace Deal Opened the Door to Colonial Southern Nigeria
In the late nineteenth century, Britain expanded its power in the territories that would...
Colonial Nigeria
Britain’s Oil Rivers Protectorate, Trade, Treaties, and Imperial Power in the Niger Delta, 1885 to 1893
In the late nineteenth century, the Niger Delta stood at the centre of a...