Lesley Naa Norle Lokko yar asalin kasar Ghana ce, kuma mai fasaha, kuma marubuciya. Daga shekarar 2019 zuwa 2020 ta kasance farfesa kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin Dean na Bernard da Anne Spitzer School of Architecture City College na New York, ban da matsayin koyarwa da kuma ayyuka daban-daban a Johannesburg, London, Accra da Edinburgh. A shekarar 2015, Lokko ta kafa makarantar sakandare ta Graduate (GSA) a Jami'ar Johannesburg - makarantar farko da ta Afirka ce kawai da aka sadaukar domin karatun digiri na biyu. Ta koma Accra, Ghana a shekarar 2021, sannan ta kafa Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka ta Afirka, makarantar gaba da digiri na biyu a fannin gine-gine da kuma dandalin taron jama'a. Lesley Lokko an haife ta a Dundee, 'yar wani likitan ƙasar Ghana kuma mahaifiyar Scottish, kuma ta girma a Ghana da Scotland. Lokacin da ta kai shekara 17, ta shiga makarantar kwana ta sirri a Ingila. Ta fara karatun Ibrananci da Larabci a Jami'ar Oxford, amma ta bar shirin don zuwa Amurka.