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.
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
The 1960s Yoruba Portrait Known as “Mrs Eve Dawodu” and the Enduring Grace of Ìró and Bùbá
A portrait can outlive the generation that first admired it. Long after the photographer...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Oba Sanusi Olusi and the Throne Lagos Almost Forgot
Oba Sanusi Olusi remains one of the most intriguing figures in the history of...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
The Reign of Oba Salawu Aminu
Ibadan has long stood apart in Yoruba political history because its throne was not...