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
Origins of the Itsekiri People
The early history of the Itsekiri people is closely tied to the waterways of...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Onwa Asaa in Ugwuoba, The Masquerades That Open the New Yam Season
They arrive as a declaration rather than an invitation. Raffia fibres sway, skirts brush...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ Masks and Yoruba Social Life
Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ is often described as a mask tradition, but it functions first as a...