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.
Colonial Nigeria
The Nigerian Police Officer in the 1950s, Duty, Discipline, and a Nation in Transition
A photograph of a Nigerian police officer standing in uniform during the early 1950s...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Ayinla Omowura and His Apala Group in 1971
By the early 1970s, Nigerian popular music was alive with contrast. New urban styles...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
James Brown in Nigeria, The Night Lagos Met the Godfather of Soul
In 1970, James Brown arrived in Nigeria at the height of his global power....