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 Kingdom of Ede and the Martial Kingship of the Timi
Ede, in present day Osun State, is one of those Yoruba towns whose importance...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Nigeria’s First Prime Minister and the 1963 Satellite Call That Linked Lagos to the White House
In the photographs of Nigeria’s independence era, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa appears calm, formal,...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Prince Fábùnmi Ìṣọ̀lá of Okemesi
Nineteenth century Yorubaland was shaped by conflict, migration, and the rise and fall of...