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
Nigeria Before 1914, The Kingdoms, Networks, and Institutions That Shaped Power
Nigeria’s modern political frame is often introduced with a single date, 1 January 1914,...
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
What Existed Before Colonial Nigeria, The Kingdoms and Empires Rarely Talked About
For many years, Nigeria’s past was often presented as if history began with colonial...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Cement and Community, Adebisi Akanji’s Sculpted Screen at an Esso Petrol Station in Oshogbo
In August 1971, the art historian Roy Sieber photographed the frontage of an Esso...