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.
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Aloma Mukhtar and the Barriers She Broke in Nigeria’s Judiciary
Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar occupies a unique place in Nigeria’s judicial history. Over nearly...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
How Phoebe Ajayi Obe Left the Classroom and Rose to Become Nigeria’s Second Female Senior Advocate
Chief Mrs. Phoebe Chiadi Ajayi Obe was born on 21 March 1928 in Okija,...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
The Peace Cord of Yorubaland
In nineteenth century Yorubaland, diplomacy did not always depend on written letters. Long before...