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
The Efik Fattening Room Tradition, Meaning, Practices, and Modern Life in Calabar
Among the Efik people of Calabar in Cross River State, the fattening room tradition,...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
The Market Days After Ikeji, When Arondizuogu’s Masquerades Take the Road
In Arondizuogu, Ikeji is not marked by a single date, it is marked by...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
From Captivity to Community, How Slavery Shaped Nigerian Diaspora Identity
Slavery did not remove people from a nation called Nigeria, because Nigeria did not...