Nigerian-American and based in Sweden, Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström is an award-winning author, speaker and photographer. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, BBC, CNN, The Guardian, Sunday Times Travel, The Telegraph, New York Times, Travel + Leisure, Slate, Travel Channel, Adventure Magazine and Lonely Planet, amongst others.

In addition to contributing to several books, she is the author of the following books: the 2018 Lowell Thomas Award winner for best travel book, DUE NORTH; the bestselling LAGOM: Swedish Secret of Living Well, available in 18 foreign language editions; and the internationally acclaimed IN EVERY MIRROR SHE'S BLACK.

She has been recognized with multiple awards for her work, including being named a 2022 Hasselblad Heroine and receiving the 2018 Travel Photographer of the Year Bill Muster Award. She was honored with a MIPAD 100 (Most Influential People of African Descent) Award within media and culture in 2018. She contributed to National Geographic's Image Collection.

She is based in Stockholm.

Books by Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström

In Every Mirror She's Black

by Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström - Fiction

IN EVERY MIRROR SHE'S BLACK is an arresting debut for anyone looking for insight into what it means to be a Black woman in the world.