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Category: Travel Narratives

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Notes on Travel and The Problem with Extremes

by Lola AkinmadeTravel NarrativesPosted on January 6, 2017January 7, 20174 Comments

It’s no secret that the “best” travel literature has been missing strong black and other voices of colour for centuries. How can we remedy that?

How to be a better storyteller

by Lola AkinmadeTravel NarrativesPosted on November 5, 2016November 5, 20162 Comments

There is one man who I’m convinced is an absolute genius when it comes to stringing words together. I remind him of this fact every single time we meet…

Racing on Thin Ice

by Lola AkinmadeTravel NarrativesPosted on October 19, 2016November 15, 20174 Comments

An obvious glutton for frigid temperatures, I once again find myself adventuring through Lapland not far from the Arctic Circle…

One Fine Swedish Day

by Lola AkinmadeTravel NarrativesPosted on September 23, 2016September 23, 20162 Comments

The pungent smell of black coffee followed by sweet wafts of cinnamon draw me out of bed and into the kitchen…

Travel Narrative – Fijian Rose

by Lola AkinmadeOceania + Pacific, Travel NarrativesPosted on December 5, 2013July 27, 2023Comments are Disabled

Occasionally, I’ll be sharing pieces of travel narratives I’ve written but never found a home publication for.

Five Places I’ve Never Been (And Why I Want To Go)

by Lola AkinmadeLatest News, Travel NarrativesPosted on April 8, 2013October 18, 201725 Comments

Here are just five places I want to explore and get beneath.

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  • I am so grateful for every single one of my dear readers who have built an incredible grassroots community around my books. Raw, real, and original. From the deepest depths of my heart... Thank you @brandipageturner 💖 - Review on @fable 

#books #gratitude #bitterhoneybook
  • Glad Midsommar / Happy Midsummer from my fam to yours 🌸

A time was had with lovely friends 🩷

#Summer #Midsummer
  • My love for @allies.cosmetics goes way back…  5+ years.

Back to when I sent their lipglosses and eyeshadow palettes as part of our book influencer kits for both my novels @ineverymirror and @notenough.book ❤️ 

So this is not a sponsored post. I simply love the brand @iamayshajones has built and I also work with their makeup artists on my @theafroswede shoots 🩵💛

Support AfroNordic businesses. Always 🖤

#makeup #lipgloss #beauty #afronordic #womeninbusiness
  • To actively and intentionally choose rest is to respect yourself. 

To respect your body and your mind. To fully live in the gift of the present.

A scenic road-trip from Helsinki took @shekasgram and I deep into the lush countryside to witness the amazing estate that is our dear friend @katjapresnal’s beautiful canvas @presnaldairy - a former 125+ year old dairy farm 🤍🩵💙

Beyond relaxation that comes with proximity to nature, staying at the property overwhelmed me with joy. Over salmon smoked on a grill for dinner and piping hot homemade buttermilk biscuits for breakfast made by @mattpresnal, staying at @presnaldairy was the mental and emotional reset I needed.

To rest is to love yourself. To rest is to reconnect and deepen friendships.

To rest is sacred. 

Thank you @shekasgram and @katjapresnal for reminding me of this ❤️

Follow @presnaldairy and witness its renovation as it transforms into one of Finland’s treasures.

#rest #rejuvenation #presnaldairy #finland #friendship
  • Happy National Day, Sweden 🇸🇪🎉
Celebrating with the perfect treats from @petitplaisir_cafe by @petitplaisir.se 💕

#desserts #nationalday #sweden #gladnationaldag #pastries
  • I’m still trying to put this weekend’s first ÅFRÖNỌ̀RSK photo session in Oslo, Norway, into proper words…

The joy, the energy, and the soulful connections shared  this weekend 🇳🇴 ❤️

I’ve started editing the images and can’t wait to introduce you to some amazing and brilliant AfroNorwegian creatives as well. 

For now, this is the face of gratitude and disbelief that I found my purpose early on in life, and get to be the vessel for this work 🙏🏽❤️

Plus, sunlight on melanin ☀️ 

#afronordic #afronorsk #nordics #norway portraits
  • Postcard: Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹 

Currently on a wonderful working session with @disabroad where I teach photography and travel writing - two of my loves - to university exchange students 🩵🤍

#studyabroad #disabroad #storytelling @disstockholm #studytour
  • This is why I am grateful to be part of the @hasselblad family as one of their #HasselbladHeroines 🖤

My project @theafroswede is being prominently displayed at @photoville in @brooklynbridgepark. 

This video of GINA - GAMBIAN SWEDE 🇬🇲 🇸🇪 shows you exactly why.

True to life. Incredible detail. Exceptional quality. 🩵💛

Thank you @hasselblad for this wonderful relationship 🙏🏽

Camera - Mirrorless X2D
Model - @ginapeacock.x 

#photography #portrait #sweden #hasselblad
  • Some snaps from @photoville opening weekend. I snuck in and out before the wonderful crowds came 🩵💛 Quite the whirlwind trip stateside.

The exhibition is on until May 30. Don’t miss @theafroswede live 🔥

Thank you to friends and family who came to see it! ❤️

#photoexhibition #sweden #exhibition #portrait #afroswede
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To actively and intentionally choose rest is to respect yourself. To respect your body and your mind. To fully live in the gift of the present. A scenic road-trip from Helsinki took @shekasgram and I deep into the lush countryside to witness the amazing estate that is our dear friend @katjapresnal’s beautiful canvas @presnaldairy - a former 125+ year old dairy farm 🤍🩵💙 Beyond relaxation that comes with proximity to nature, staying at the property overwhelmed me with joy. Over salmon smoked on a grill for dinner and piping hot homemade buttermilk biscuits for breakfast made by @mattpresnal, staying at @presnaldairy was the mental and emotional reset I needed. To rest is to love yourself. To rest is to reconnect and deepen friendships. To rest is sacred. Thank you @shekasgram and @katjapresnal for reminding me of this ❤️ Follow @presnaldairy and witness its renovation as it transforms into one of Finland’s treasures. #rest #rejuvenation #presnaldairy #finland #friendship
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I’m still trying to put this weekend’s first ÅFRÖNỌ̀RSK photo session in Oslo, Norway, into proper words…

The joy, the energy, and the soulful connections shared  this weekend 🇳🇴 ❤️

I’ve started editing the images and can’t wait to introduce you to some amazing and brilliant AfroNorwegian creatives as well. 

For now, this is the face of gratitude and disbelief that I found my purpose early on in life, and get to be the vessel for this work 🙏🏽❤️

Plus, sunlight on melanin ☀️ 

#afronordic #afronorsk #nordics #norway portraits
I’m still trying to put this weekend’s first ÅFRÖNỌ̀RSK photo session in Oslo, Norway, into proper words…

The joy, the energy, and the soulful connections shared  this weekend 🇳🇴 ❤️

I’ve started editing the images and can’t wait to introduce you to some amazing and brilliant AfroNorwegian creatives as well. 

For now, this is the face of gratitude and disbelief that I found my purpose early on in life, and get to be the vessel for this work 🙏🏽❤️

Plus, sunlight on melanin ☀️ 

#afronordic #afronorsk #nordics #norway portraits
I’m still trying to put this weekend’s first ÅFRÖNỌ̀RSK photo session in Oslo, Norway, into proper words…

The joy, the energy, and the soulful connections shared  this weekend 🇳🇴 ❤️

I’ve started editing the images and can’t wait to introduce you to some amazing and brilliant AfroNorwegian creatives as well. 

For now, this is the face of gratitude and disbelief that I found my purpose early on in life, and get to be the vessel for this work 🙏🏽❤️

Plus, sunlight on melanin ☀️ 

#afronordic #afronorsk #nordics #norway portraits
I’m still trying to put this weekend’s first ÅFRÖNỌ̀RSK photo session in Oslo, Norway, into proper words…

The joy, the energy, and the soulful connections shared  this weekend 🇳🇴 ❤️

I’ve started editing the images and can’t wait to introduce you to some amazing and brilliant AfroNorwegian creatives as well. 

For now, this is the face of gratitude and disbelief that I found my purpose early on in life, and get to be the vessel for this work 🙏🏽❤️

Plus, sunlight on melanin ☀️ 

#afronordic #afronorsk #nordics #norway portraits
I’m still trying to put this weekend’s first ÅFRÖNỌ̀RSK photo session in Oslo, Norway, into proper words…

The joy, the energy, and the soulful connections shared  this weekend 🇳🇴 ❤️

I’ve started editing the images and can’t wait to introduce you to some amazing and brilliant AfroNorwegian creatives as well. 

For now, this is the face of gratitude and disbelief that I found my purpose early on in life, and get to be the vessel for this work 🙏🏽❤️

Plus, sunlight on melanin ☀️ 

#afronordic #afronorsk #nordics #norway portraits
I’m still trying to put this weekend’s first ÅFRÖNỌ̀RSK photo session in Oslo, Norway, into proper words…

The joy, the energy, and the soulful connections shared  this weekend 🇳🇴 ❤️

I’ve started editing the images and can’t wait to introduce you to some amazing and brilliant AfroNorwegian creatives as well. 

For now, this is the face of gratitude and disbelief that I found my purpose early on in life, and get to be the vessel for this work 🙏🏽❤️

Plus, sunlight on melanin ☀️ 

#afronordic #afronorsk #nordics #norway portraits
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I’m still trying to put this weekend’s first ÅFRÖNỌ̀RSK photo session in Oslo, Norway, into proper words… The joy, the energy, and the soulful connections shared this weekend 🇳🇴 ❤️ I’ve started editing the images and can’t wait to introduce you to some amazing and brilliant AfroNorwegian creatives as well. For now, this is the face of gratitude and disbelief that I found my purpose early on in life, and get to be the vessel for this work 🙏🏽❤️ Plus, sunlight on melanin ☀️ #afronordic #afronorsk #nordics #norway portraits
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Postcard: Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹 

Currently on a wonderful working session with @disabroad where I teach photography and travel writing - two of my loves - to university exchange students 🩵🤍

#studyabroad #disabroad #storytelling @disstockholm #studytour
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Postcard: Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹 Currently on a wonderful working session with @disabroad where I teach photography and travel writing - two of my loves - to university exchange students 🩵🤍 #studyabroad #disabroad #storytelling @disstockholm #studytour
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This is why I am grateful to be part of the @hasselblad family as one of their #HasselbladHeroines 🖤

My project @theafroswede is being prominently displayed at @photoville in @brooklynbridgepark. 

This video of GINA - GAMBIAN SWEDE 🇬🇲 🇸🇪 shows you exactly why.

True to life. Incredible detail. Exceptional quality. 🩵💛

Thank you @hasselblad for this wonderful relationship 🙏🏽

Camera - Mirrorless X2D
Model - @ginapeacock.x 

#photography #portrait #sweden #hasselblad
This is why I am grateful to be part of the @hasselblad family as one of their #HasselbladHeroines 🖤

My project @theafroswede is being prominently displayed at @photoville in @brooklynbridgepark. 

This video of GINA - GAMBIAN SWEDE 🇬🇲 🇸🇪 shows you exactly why.

True to life. Incredible detail. Exceptional quality. 🩵💛

Thank you @hasselblad for this wonderful relationship 🙏🏽

Camera - Mirrorless X2D
Model - @ginapeacock.x 

#photography #portrait #sweden #hasselblad
This is why I am grateful to be part of the @hasselblad family as one of their #HasselbladHeroines 🖤

My project @theafroswede is being prominently displayed at @photoville in @brooklynbridgepark. 

This video of GINA - GAMBIAN SWEDE 🇬🇲 🇸🇪 shows you exactly why.

True to life. Incredible detail. Exceptional quality. 🩵💛

Thank you @hasselblad for this wonderful relationship 🙏🏽

Camera - Mirrorless X2D
Model - @ginapeacock.x 

#photography #portrait #sweden #hasselblad
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This is why I am grateful to be part of the @hasselblad family as one of their #HasselbladHeroines 🖤 My project @theafroswede is being prominently displayed at @photoville in @brooklynbridgepark. This video of GINA - GAMBIAN SWEDE 🇬🇲 🇸🇪 shows you exactly why. True to life. Incredible detail. Exceptional quality. 🩵💛 Thank you @hasselblad for this wonderful relationship 🙏🏽 Camera - Mirrorless X2D Model - @ginapeacock.x #photography #portrait #sweden #hasselblad
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Some snaps from @photoville opening weekend. I snuck in and out before the wonderful crowds came 🩵💛 Quite the whirlwind trip stateside.

The exhibition is on until May 30. Don’t miss @theafroswede live 🔥

Thank you to friends and family who came to see it! ❤️

#photoexhibition #sweden #exhibition #portrait #afroswede
Some snaps from @photoville opening weekend. I snuck in and out before the wonderful crowds came 🩵💛 Quite the whirlwind trip stateside.

The exhibition is on until May 30. Don’t miss @theafroswede live 🔥

Thank you to friends and family who came to see it! ❤️

#photoexhibition #sweden #exhibition #portrait #afroswede
Some snaps from @photoville opening weekend. I snuck in and out before the wonderful crowds came 🩵💛 Quite the whirlwind trip stateside.

The exhibition is on until May 30. Don’t miss @theafroswede live 🔥

Thank you to friends and family who came to see it! ❤️

#photoexhibition #sweden #exhibition #portrait #afroswede
Some snaps from @photoville opening weekend. I snuck in and out before the wonderful crowds came 🩵💛 Quite the whirlwind trip stateside.

The exhibition is on until May 30. Don’t miss @theafroswede live 🔥

Thank you to friends and family who came to see it! ❤️

#photoexhibition #sweden #exhibition #portrait #afroswede
Some snaps from @photoville opening weekend. I snuck in and out before the wonderful crowds came 🩵💛 Quite the whirlwind trip stateside.

The exhibition is on until May 30. Don’t miss @theafroswede live 🔥

Thank you to friends and family who came to see it! ❤️

#photoexhibition #sweden #exhibition #portrait #afroswede
Some snaps from @photoville opening weekend. I snuck in and out before the wonderful crowds came 🩵💛 Quite the whirlwind trip stateside.

The exhibition is on until May 30. Don’t miss @theafroswede live 🔥

Thank you to friends and family who came to see it! ❤️

#photoexhibition #sweden #exhibition #portrait #afroswede
Some snaps from @photoville opening weekend. I snuck in and out before the wonderful crowds came 🩵💛 Quite the whirlwind trip stateside.

The exhibition is on until May 30. Don’t miss @theafroswede live 🔥

Thank you to friends and family who came to see it! ❤️

#photoexhibition #sweden #exhibition #portrait #afroswede
Some snaps from @photoville opening weekend. I snuck in and out before the wonderful crowds came 🩵💛 Quite the whirlwind trip stateside.

The exhibition is on until May 30. Don’t miss @theafroswede live 🔥

Thank you to friends and family who came to see it! ❤️

#photoexhibition #sweden #exhibition #portrait #afroswede
Some snaps from @photoville opening weekend. I snuck in and out before the wonderful crowds came 🩵💛 Quite the whirlwind trip stateside.

The exhibition is on until May 30. Don’t miss @theafroswede live 🔥

Thank you to friends and family who came to see it! ❤️

#photoexhibition #sweden #exhibition #portrait #afroswede
Some snaps from @photoville opening weekend. I snuck in and out before the wonderful crowds came 🩵💛 Quite the whirlwind trip stateside.

The exhibition is on until May 30. Don’t miss @theafroswede live 🔥

Thank you to friends and family who came to see it! ❤️

#photoexhibition #sweden #exhibition #portrait #afroswede
Some snaps from @photoville opening weekend. I snuck in and out before the wonderful crowds came 🩵💛 Quite the whirlwind trip stateside.

The exhibition is on until May 30. Don’t miss @theafroswede live 🔥

Thank you to friends and family who came to see it! ❤️

#photoexhibition #sweden #exhibition #portrait #afroswede
Some snaps from @photoville opening weekend. I snuck in and out before the wonderful crowds came 🩵💛 Quite the whirlwind trip stateside.

The exhibition is on until May 30. Don’t miss @theafroswede live 🔥

Thank you to friends and family who came to see it! ❤️

#photoexhibition #sweden #exhibition #portrait #afroswede
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Some snaps from @photoville opening weekend. I snuck in and out before the wonderful crowds came 🩵💛 Quite the whirlwind trip stateside. The exhibition is on until May 30. Don’t miss @theafroswede live 🔥 Thank you to friends and family who came to see it! ❤️ #photoexhibition #sweden #exhibition #portrait #afroswede
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