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.

The Partnership That Powered Afrobeat, Tony Allen and Fela Anikulapo Kuti

Afrobeat did not arrive fully formed. It emerged slowly, shaped by years of rehearsals,...

Kalakuta Remembered, Forty Five Years After the 1977 Military Raid

February 18, 1977 stands as one of the most defining days in Nigeria’s modern...

The 1984 Imprisonment of Fela Kuti

Nigeria’s 2015 presidential election delivered a moment many citizens once thought impossible. For the...