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.
Democratic Nigeria
How Western Nigeria Pulled Off a Television First
On 31 October 1959, a new kind of public signal went live from Ibadan,...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Oba Daniel Akomolafe Anirare Aladesanmi II, OBE, CFR
Oba Daniel Akomolafe Anirare Aladesanmi II was the eighteenth Ewi of Ado Ekiti, reigning...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Ambrose Folorunsho Alli, The Scholar Governor Who Rebuilt Bendel Through Education
Ambrose Folorunsho Alli was born on 22 September 1929 in Idoani, in present day...