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Lola Akinmade: Evolution and The Taste of Bitter Honey


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Lola Akinmade, author, photographer, travel writer, and former IT professional shares her remarkable journey from programming interactive maps to traveling the world capturing stories through multiple creative mediums. Her path hasn't been straightforward; despite facing over 70 rejections for her debut novel because publishers didn't want Black women centered in Nordic settings, she persisted. That persistence paid off, allowing her the freedom to write her latest novel, Bitter Honey, exactly as she envisioned.

Throughout our conversation, we explore what it means to create with intention rather than seeking external validation, social media, friendship, and life's unexpected turns


Join us for this enriching conversation about cultural connection, the importance of being seen and heard, and embracing what Lola calls "the soft life."

Bitter Honey

Two women. Four decades. A lifetime of secrets.

1978:
A scholarship draws Nancy from Gambia’s warmth into Sweden’s winter. When her friendship with charismatic scholar Lars blossoms into something more, she thinks she may have finally found her place. But there’s more to Lars than his charming persona, and Nancy is about to discover the danger of being drawn into his world…

2006: Tina has had her taste of fame as the nation’s Eurovision pop princess. But beneath her glittery façade, Tina is desperate to discover who she rea

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