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.
Crimes in Nigeria
The Iva Valley Shooting of 1949
Enugu’s reputation as the Coal City was built underground, in narrow tunnels filled with...
Crimes in Nigeria
What Happened at Iva Valley?
On 18 November 1949, unrest at the Iva Valley coal mine in Enugu ended...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Inside MOWAA, The New Museum in Benin City at the Centre of the Global Benin Bronzes Debate
The Museum of West African Art, widely known as MOWAA, is a cultural institution...