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 in London, The Training Years That Sparked Koola Lobitos
Fela Anikulapo Kuti is most often associated with Lagos, political defiance, and the rise...
Nigerian History
Afrobeat as Cultural Politics
Afrobeat is often described through its sound, extended grooves, layered percussion, and sharp political...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
How Fela Turned Afrobeat Into a Weapon Against the Nigerian State
Tejumola Olaniyan’s Arrest the Music!, Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics, published in...