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
From James Town to Nationhood, The 1936 Accra Wedding in the Life of Nigeria’s Future First President
On 4 April 1936, Nnamdi Azikiwe married Flora Ogbenyeanu Ogoegbunam in Accra, then part...
Nigerian History
How Volkswagen Began Local Car Assembly in Nigeria, The Story Behind the 1975 “Ijapa” Beetle
On 21 March 1975, a Volkswagen passenger car rolled off an assembly line in...
Nigerian History
The Warrior, the War, and the Mosque, How Ikorodu Was Shaped in the Nineteenth Century
Ikorodu, located along the northern edge of the Lagos Lagoon, emerged in the nineteenth...