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.
Independence & Nationalism in Nigeria
Afternoon at a Bus Stop in Ibadan, Attributed to the Early 1970s
Ibadan in the early post independence decades was a city filled with movement, sound...
Democratic Nigeria
Annulled Triumph: The Legacy of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola and the Battle for Nigeria’s June 12 Mandate
On 12 June 1993 Nigeria conducted a presidential election intended to usher in a...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Adetomiwa Edun and the Role of Sir Elyan
Adetomiwa Edun, born Babatunde Adetomiwa Stafford Edun on March 14, 1985, in Lagos, Nigeria,...