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.
Nigerian History
The Lagos Years That Changed Music Forever, How Afrobeat Was Forged
Afrobeat did not appear suddenly, nor was it the result of a single recording...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Fela Kuti’s 1984 Arrest, Tribunal Sentence, and the Legacy That Outlived Military Rule
On 4 September 1984, Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti was detained at Murtala Muhammed International Airport...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Fela Kuti in London, The Training Years That Sparked Koola Lobitos
Fela Anikulapo Kuti is most often associated with Lagos, political defiance, and the rise...