Lesley Lokko
Biography
Lesley Naa Norle Lokko is a Ghanaian-Scottish architect, academic, and writer. She was the founder and director of the postgraduate school of architecture at the University of Johannesburg. In January 2021, she stepped down as dean of The Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York, and is currently focusing on the establishment of the African Futures Institute, an independent school of architecture in Accra, the capital of Ghana.
She was born in Scotland and grew up in Ghana. She earned her first degree in architecture from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London and obtained her PhD in architecture from the University of London in 2007. After six years of writing, she published her professional work White Papers, Black Marks: Race, Space & Architecture. Subsequently, she spent thirteen years writing fiction full-time and published eleven novels. However, she maintained a peripheral interest in architecture. In 2014, she returned to academia, but continues to write fiction. Her latest novel Soul Sisters was published this year in 2021.
Lesley Naa Norle Lokko is a Ghanaian-Scottish architect, academic, and writer. She was the founder and director of the postgraduate school of architecture at the University of Johannesburg. In January 2021, she stepped down as dean of The Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York, and is currently focusing on the establishment of the African Futures Institute, an independent school of architecture in Accra, the capital of Ghana.
She was born in Scotland and grew up in Ghana. She earned her first degree in architecture from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London and obtained her PhD in architecture from the University of London in 2007. After six years of writing, she published her professional work White Papers, Black Marks: Race, Space & Architecture. Subsequently, she spent thirteen years writing fiction full-time and published eleven novels. However, she maintained a peripheral interest in architecture. In 2014, she returned to academia, but continues to write fiction. Her latest novel Soul Sisters was published this year in 2021.
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