Name Lesley Lokko | Role Novelist | |
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Alma mater University College London Education University College London, University of London Books Bitter Chocolate, Saffron Skies, One Secret Summer, A Private Affair, An Absolute Deception | ||
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Lesley Naa Norle Lokko is a Ghanaian-Scottish architect, academic, and novelist. She says: "I live almost simultaneously in Johannesburg, London, Accra and Edinburgh."
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- Author lesley lokko speaks at the futurescapes european stakeholder event
- Early life and education
- Career
- Published works
- References
Early life and education
Lesley Lokko was born in Dundee, the daughter of a Ghanaian surgeon and a Scottish mother, and grew up in Ghana and Scotland. She began studying Hebrew and Arabic at Oxford, but left the program to go to the United States. Lokko holds a PhD in architecture from the University of London.
Career
Much of Lokko's writing contains themes about cultural and racial identity. She regularly lectures in South Africa, and has also taught in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Published works
References
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