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.
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
The Stuttgart Photograph and Akintola’s Daughter, What History Can Confirm About a 1963 Arrival
A widely shared black and white photograph, usually dated 15 May 1963, shows a...
Colonial Nigeria
Liberty’s of Igbosere Road, The Lagos Island House Known by a Photograph and Little Else
Liberty’s is the name attached, in modern circulation, to a striking old residence associated...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Lady Oyinkan Abayomi and the Quiet Campaign That Changed Girls’ Education in Lagos
Oyinkansola Ajasa, known to history as Lady Oyinkan Abayomi, was born on 6 March...