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
The German Hands Behind Nigeria’s First Air Force
In the early years after independence, Nigeria faced the enormous task of building national...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Mbonu Ojike: The “Boycott King” Who Turned Culture Into a Weapon of Nigerian Nationalism
Mazi Mbonu Ojike belonged to the generation of Nigerian nationalists who understood that colonial...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Obasanjo’s Quiet London Wedding in 1963
Long before Olusegun Obasanjo became one of the most recognisable figures in Nigerian political...