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.
Colonial Nigeria
The Silent Cannon That Reveals Badagry’s Long Exit From the Slave Trade
Badagry is one of the most important historical towns on the Nigerian coast. Its...
Democratic Nigeria
Nigeria, 1964: The Photograph That Revealed a Nation’s Battle for Books
In August 1964, Esther J. Walls and Femi Oyewole were photographed in Nigeria standing...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Lekan Salami: The Ibadan Patron Behind Shooting Stars’ Rise
Chief Olalekan Sanusi Salami occupies a respected place in the history of Ibadan and...