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
Fela Kuti £1,600 airport case: The dramatic 1984 arrest that ended in a five-year sentence
The Fela Kuti £1,600 airport case began on 4 September 1984 at Murtala Muhammed...
Colonial Nigeria
Colonial Federalism in Nigeria: 3 Powerful Forces That Reshaped Nationalist Politics
Colonial federalism in Nigeria developed alongside the country’s existing ethnic, cultural and political identities....
Democratic Nigeria
Sir Kashim Ibrahim’s London Visit: 3 Remarkable Figures in Nigeria’s 1962 Federal Diplomacy
Sir Kashim Ibrahim’s London visit in 1962 produced a photograph that appears, at first...