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
The Woman Who Refused to Look Away, Mary Slessor’s Calabar Years That Changed Lives
Mary Slessor remains one of the most compelling figures connected to Calabar and the...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Martiniano Eliseu do Bomfim (Òjélàdé), The Bahian Scholar Who Carried Lagos Back to Brazil
Martiniano Eliseu do Bomfim, known in Yorùbá religious life as Òjélàdé, was born in...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Calabar and the Atlantic Slave Trade, How Old Calabar Became a Major Export Hub
Old Calabar, linked today to the city of Calabar in southeastern Nigeria, was historically...