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
Ebun House, Lagos Island, The Towering Afro Brazilian Home That Vanished in Fire
On Lagos Island, where closely packed family compounds and richly decorated one storey houses...
Colonial Nigeria
Colonial Rule in Nigeria, From Coastal Trade to Independence (1861, 1960)
Long before colonial rule, the area now called Nigeria was not a single political...
Colonial Nigeria
Inside Kingsway Lagos, The Department Store That Shaped Broad Street Retail
In the mid twentieth century, Broad Street on Lagos Island stood at the centre...