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.
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
Legacy and London, 1950, Olufemi Jibowu, A Nigerian Student In Post War Britain
On 14 September 1950, an eighteen year old Nigerian student, Olufemi Jibowu, sat serenely...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Princess Tejumade Alakija, The Trailblazing Yoruba Stateswoman Who Redefined Public Service
Princess Tejumade Alakija was born on 17 May 1925 in the ancient city of...