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
How Fela Kuti Invented Afrobeat, Turning Funk, Politics, and Yoruba Rhythm into a New African Sound
Afrobeat did not emerge quietly. It arrived loud, stretched out, and unwilling to apologise....
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
The Partnership That Powered Afrobeat, Tony Allen and Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Afrobeat did not arrive fully formed. It emerged slowly, shaped by years of rehearsals,...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Kalakuta Remembered, Forty Five Years After the 1977 Military Raid
February 18, 1977 stands as one of the most defining days in Nigeria’s modern...