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.
Democratic Nigeria
How Structural Adjustment Changed Nigeria, The 1986 Reforms That Recast Power, Prices, and Public Trust
In 1986, Nigeria entered one of the most important turning points in its modern...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Afi Ekong and the Making of Modern Nigerian Art
Modern Nigerian art did not emerge from one studio or one artist alone. It...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Balaraba Ramat Yakubu and the Hausa Novels That Gave Girls’ Education a Voice
Balaraba Ramat Yakubu was born in Kano in 1959, in a society where many...