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.
Nigerian History
Afrobeat as Cultural Politics
Afrobeat is often described through its sound, extended grooves, layered percussion, and sharp political...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
How Fela Turned Afrobeat Into a Weapon Against the Nigerian State
Tejumola Olaniyan’s Arrest the Music!, Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics, published in...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Fela Kuti, The Making of Afrobeat and the Politics of Sound
Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì was born on October 15, 1938, in Abeokuta, Nigeria. He grew...