Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström, IN EVERY MIRROR SHE'S BLACK: A Novel

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🗓️ 10 September 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Debut novelist Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström joins Zibby to talk about the inspiration for her book, In Every Mirror She's Black. Although she received 70 rejections, Lọlá knew her story about three Black women from all walks of life in Sweden was necessary to share with the world and her determination has proven industry gatekeepers wrong. Lọlá also tells Zibby about her experiences working as a travel journalist and how living all around the world helped her shape her characters and her story.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:07.0	I'm also the host of Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight, and I'm the editor of the anthology,
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0:34.8	Okay, now back to this amazing podcast.
0:41.8	Lola Akinmade Aersstrom is the author of In Every Mirror She's Black, Nigerian American, and based in Sweden, Lola is an award-winning
0:47.0	author, speaker, and photographer. Her work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, BBC, CNN,
0:52.7	The Guardian, Sunday Times Travel, the Telegraph,
0:54.7	New York Times, and others. She is the author of the 2018 Lowell Thomas Award winner for
0:59.0	Best Travel Book, Due North, and best-selling Legom, Swedish Secret of Living Well.
1:04.3	She has been recognized with multiple awards for her work, including 2018 Travel Photographer
1:08.9	of the Year, Bill Muster Award,
1:16.0	and she was honored with the MyPad 100 Most Influential People of African Descent Award within media and culture in 2018.
1:18.9	Her photography is represented by National Geographic Image Collection.
1:22.5	Lola is also the editor of Slow Travel Stockholm, an online magazine dedicated to exploring Sweden's capital city in depth.
1:29.1	Welcome, Lola. Thank you so much for coming on Moms. Don't have time to read books to discuss in
1:33.2	every mirror she's black. Oh my goodness. Thank you so much for having me. So excited.
1:37.6	Oh, I'm so excited for you. Okay. So for people who don't know anything about your book,
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