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 Teenage Yoruba Ruler Few Remember, The Story of Victoria Adeyosoye Omodara at Seventeen
In the mid-1960s, a remarkable story emerged from southwestern Nigeria, one that has quietly...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Elizabeth Kafaru and the Rise of Public Herbal Medicine in Nigeria
In the closing decades of the twentieth century, Nigeria experienced a shift in healthcare...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi and the Quiet Revolution That Opened Medicine to Nigerian Women
Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi’s story begins in a Nigeria where the medical profession was not...