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
Maybnee of Itsekiri, What the Archive Reveals About Nana Olomu’s Daughter
Maybnee is known today because her name survived on a photograph. Preserved in the...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
The Women’s War of 1929, How Igbo Women Confronted Colonial Rule
In late 1929, a sweeping women led protest erupted across large parts of south...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Remembering Chief Coco Otu Bassey of Old Calabar
A black and white photograph, widely circulated online and commonly titled “Burial Ceremony of...