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
Igue Festival of Benin, The Sacred Season That Shaped a Kingdom and Echoed Into 1897
The Igue Festival is one of the most revered royal ceremonies of the historic...
Colonial Nigeria
The 1950 Ikeja Airport Photo That Captures BOAC’s “Homer” Refuelling in Lagos
On 8 October 1950, a photograph taken at Ikeja Airport, Lagos captured a straightforward...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Nathaniel Folarin Coker OON, Baba Eto of Lagos, The Life and Legacy of a Lagos Elder Statesman
Chief Nathaniel Folarin Coker was born on 22 July 1923 in Lagos. He belonged...