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
Iyake Lake in Ado Awaye, Oyo State, Nigeria
High above the town of Ado Awaye in Oyo State, south west Nigeria, Iyake...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Kiriji War, the Sixteen Year Yoruba Conflict That Redrew Power in South Western Nigeria
The conflict remembered as the Kiriji War, also known as the Ekiti Parapo War,...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Oba Gbadebo I and Egbaland in the Early Colonial Era
By the end of the nineteenth century, Abeokuta had emerged as the political heart...