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 Reggae Rebels Who Gave Nigeria’s Hard Years a Voice
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, reggae became one of the most recognisable...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Tera Kota and the Unfinished Record of Nigeria’s Early Reggae Era
Tera Kota occupies a fascinating place in Nigerian music history. Identified in scholarly writing...
Military Era & Coups in Nigeria
Donald Dick Etiebet and the Three-Month Rule That Ended With a Coup
Chief Donald Dick Etiebet occupies a brief but important place in Nigeria’s political history....