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.
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Fela Kuti’s Collision With the Nigerian State, From the 1974 Arrests to the 1977 Kalakuta Inferno
The confrontation between Fela Kuti and the Nigerian state during the 1970s did not...
Nigerian History
The Lagos Years That Changed Music Forever, How Afrobeat Was Forged
Afrobeat did not appear suddenly, nor was it the result of a single recording...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Fela Kuti’s 1984 Arrest, Tribunal Sentence, and the Legacy That Outlived Military Rule
On 4 September 1984, Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti was detained at Murtala Muhammed International Airport...