Sep 5, 2026 · 13 min · 9 segments
Next up in the Pagecast studio at Open Book Festival 2026, Dr Alma-Nalisha Cele is joined by bestselling author, keynote speaker and award-winning photographer Lọlá Ákínmádé. Lọlá's work has appeared…
Lọlá ÁkínmádéGuest
Alma-Nalisha CeleHosthello and welcome to the cheeky natives and page cast collabo i'm so excited i feel like i've been having such awesome conversations and in that tradition i continue i am so excited to welcome lola akin made to um this conversation and i have to read the bio because it's absolutely fabulous But Lola is an international best-selling keynote, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and award-winning photographer.
Her work has appeared in the National Geographic, The Guardian, The New York Times, and Lonely Planet, among others.
She won the 2018 Travel Photographer of the Year Bill Master Award, received a MyPad 100 recognition in media and culture, and her work sits in the National Geographic Image Collection.
Lola has built her name behind a camera before she ever picked up a pen, and now she moves between novels and National Geographic, like the two are always the same practices.
And before we even begin, because I am just feeling so greedy, can I ask you to please read from Bisahani before we have this conversation? Absolutely, and it's a pleasure
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hello and welcome to the cheeky natives and page cast collabo i'm so excited i feel like i've been having such awesome conversations and in that tradition i continue i am so excited to welcome lola akin made to um this conversation and i have to read the bio because it's absolutely fabulous But Lola is an international best-selling keynote, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and award-winning photographer.
Her work has appeared in the National Geographic, The Guardian, The New York Times, and Lonely Planet, among others.
She won the 2018 Travel Photographer of the Year Bill Master Award, received a MyPad 100 recognition in media and culture, and her work sits in the National Geographic Image Collection.
Lola has built her name behind a camera before she ever picked up a pen, and now she moves between novels and National Geographic, like the two are always the same practices.
And before we even begin, because I am just feeling so greedy, can I ask you to please read from Bisahani before we have this conversation? Absolutely, and it's a pleasure
