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
The Family Background of Oby Ezekwesili
A photograph often shared online shows a young girl in her father’s arms, calm,...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
The Urhobo People of Nigeria
The Urhobo are one of the major peoples of southern Nigeria, with an ancestral...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Oba Akitoye and the Crisis That Changed the Future of Lagos
Before Lagos became a colonial capital, it was the independent kingdom of Eko, governed...