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.

At Euston in 1962, Akure Royalty Stood Before Britain in Full Yoruba Dignity

On 28 May 1962, a striking photograph was taken at Euston Railway Station in...

Risikat Ajoke Adegeye: The Woman Who Carved Her Own Path in Lagos Politics

Hon. Risikat Ajoke Adegeye occupies a modest but important place in the political history...

The Grave Lagos Moved: Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther and the Lost Memory of Ajele Cemetery

The story of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther’s grave is not a mystery about a...