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
General Domkat Bali and the End of His Defence Command
A familiar photograph from the late 1980s shows Major General Jeremiah Timbut Useni standing...
Democratic Nigeria
The Ogoni Teachers Union and MOSOP
In the history of Ogoniland’s struggle for rights and environmental justice, attention often falls...
Democratic Nigeria
Ogoni Day 1993, The Mass Mobilisation That Made Ogoniland Impossible to Ignore
On 4 January 1993, Ogoniland in Rivers State became the scene of one of...