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.

Gloria Okon and Dele Giwa: Two Deaths That Exposed Nigeria’s Silence on Justice

The mid-1980s were a time of fear, silence, and absolute military control in Nigeria....

Yusuf Grillo (1934–2021): Nigerian Master of Blue and Pioneer of Modern Art

Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo was born on 16 December 1934 in the Brazilian Quarters...

The case of Barnabas and Amaka Igwe, A Tale of Justice Silenced

On the quiet night of 1 September 2002, in the Awada district of Onitsha,...