Finding Your Place in the Land of ´Lagom´
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Do you feel like you are not fitting in? In this episode our guest Lola Akinmade Åkerström talks about finding your voice and finding your place in a new culture. Lola has created her own super culture by combining the best parts of Nigerian, American and Swedish culture. Her message is that you are more than enough! Lola Akinmade Åkerström is a Nigerian-American-Swedish storyteller. She's an international bestselling author with two novels, an award-winning travel book, and a book about the Swedish word ‘lagom’. As a photographer her work has appeared in such prestigious publications as National Geographic and has been named a Hasselblad Heroine 2022.   More about Lola Akinmade Åkerström https://akinmade.com/   The photo project ÅFRÖSWÈ̩DÉ̩ at Instagram @theafroswede   Books by Lola Akinmade Åkerström:  In Every Mirror She’s Black  Everything is Not Enough Lagom: The Swedish Secret of Living Well Due North Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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