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
When Juju Met Diplomacy: Andrew Young, King Sunny Adé and Lagos in 1977
In 1977, Lagos stood at the centre of one of the most ambitious cultural...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
I.K. Dairo’s Decca LP and the Recorded Rise of Modern Juju Music
In 1962, Decca released Juju Music of I.K. Dairo, a 10-inch mono LP credited...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Ade Love’s Taxi Driver 2 and the Mistaken Name That Distorted Yoruba Cinema Memory
In Nigerian film history, some stories survive through cinema reels, family archives, old newspaper...