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
Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, Abeokuta’s 1918 Adubi War, and the Egba Uprising That Shaped Her World
In the second decade of the twentieth century, Abeokuta stood at the centre of...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Margaret Gentle Harwood and Queen’s College Lagos
In June 1959, a formal photograph taken at Queen’s College Lagos captured a scene...
Colonial Nigeria
Queen’s College, Lagos, in June 1959, A Science Lesson That Captured a Generation
In June 1959, a camera captured an ordinary but powerful classroom scene at Queen’s...