In Every Mirror She's Black Written By Lola Akinmade Akerstrom

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English - November 15, 2021 15:46 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB
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Titilayo Oyinsan Speaks with LOLA AKINMADE AKERSTROM, a Nigerian American who is based in Sweden. She is an award-winning author, speaker, and photographer.
Her work has appeared in National Geographic Traveller, the Guardian, Sunday Times Travel, the Telegraph, New York Times, Travel + Leisure, State, and Adventure Magazine and on BBC, CNN, Travel Channel, and Lonely Planet, among others. In addition to contributing to several books, she is the author of Due North, 2018 Lowell Thomas Award winner for the best travel book, and bestselling LAGOM: Swedish Secret of Living Well, available in over seventeen foreign languages editions. She has been recognized with multiple awards for her work, including the 2018 Travel Photographer of the Year Bill Muster Award, and she was honoured with a MIPAD ( Most Influential People of African Descent) 100 Award within media and culture in 2018.
Her photography is represented by the National Geographic Image Collection.
She is based in Stockholm and tweets at @LolaAkinmade. Her book #InEveryMirrorShesBlack has critical acclaim all over the world.