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
Ilorin’s Electric Dawn, 1925
In 1925, Ilorin experienced a small yet memorable moment of transformation. Three key locations,...
Colonial Nigeria
Where Lagos Began, A Surveyor’s Quiet Work
A historical photograph captures a field surveyor standing over a tripod mounted optical instrument...
Colonial Nigeria
A 1930s Lagos Photograph and the Rise of Scientific Education in Colonial Nigeria
In the late 1930s, Lagos stood as the administrative heart of British Nigeria, a...