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
Egúngún Masquerade in Ede, Nigeria
A widely shared image of an Egúngún masquerader in Ede has a solid archival...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
From Ilorin to Lagos via Bahia, The Life of a Yoruba Muslim Who Bought His Freedom
During the nineteenth century, Salvador da Bahia stood at the heart of Brazil’s Atlantic...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
How Nigerian States Emerged, Power, Trade, Technology, and Environment
Nigeria was never a single political world. It was a landscape of empires, kingdoms,...