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
Professor Peller, The Magician Who Made Nigeria Hold Its Breath
Professor Peller was born Moshood Folorunsho Abiola in Iseyin, in present day Oyo State,...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
The Apata Class Photo, a Civil War Doctor’s Memoir, and the Day Nigeria Walked Away From Montréal 1976
Government College Ibadan sits on Apata Ganga, overlooking Ibadan, and has long been regarded...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Chief Yesufu Abiodun Oniru, the 13th Oniru of Iruland
In Lagos, tradition does not disappear, it waits. It waits beneath concrete, commerce, and...