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 Historic Visit of Oba Gbadebo I to Britain in 1904
In 1904, Oba Gbadebo I, the Alake of Abeokuta, travelled to Britain during a...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Solomon Selcap Dalung, From Prison Service Officer to Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Development
Solomon Selcap Dalung was born on 26 September 1964 in Sabon Gida, located in...
Democratic Nigeria
When Tafawa Balewa Met Melville Herskovits
A surviving photograph from 1960 shows Nigerian Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa standing beside...