Lesley Lokko

**Lesley Naa Norle Lokko** OBE nyɛla Ghana Sikɔtishi mɛra, shikuru baŋda ni sasabira ŋun sabiri salin' waɣila. Yuuni 2019 zaŋ chaŋ yuuni 2020 o daa nyɛla professor ka daa lee ninvuɣu gahindili (Deen) zaŋ ti Bernard mini Anne Spitzer School of Architecture City College of New York nti pahi karimba tali zaa shɛhi din daa galisi pahi in tuma nima pam din daa be Johannesburg, London, Accra ni Edinburgh.

Yuuni 2015, Lokko daa kpala Graduate School of Architecture (GSA) din be University of Johannesburg - Afirika shikuru shɛli din daa za n-ti bɔhimbu shee zaŋ ti ninvuɣu shɛba ban pun naai architecture shikuru. O daa labila Accra, Ghana puli ni, yuuni 2021 n-daa to kpa African Futures Institute, bɔhimbu shee zaŋ ti ninvuɣu shɛba ban pun naai architecture shikuru ka lahi nyɛ salo laɣingu shee.

## O pilli ni o shikuru biɛhagu
Lesley Lokko daa nyɛla bɛ ni dɔɣi so tiŋa yuli booni Dundee, Ghana surgeon doo mini Scottish paɣa bia, ka daa zooi Ghana mini Scotland. O yuun pia ni ayopɔi saha, o daa chaŋla shikuru gbiɛrili din daa be gbampiɛla tingbani ni (England). O piliya bɔhindi Hebrew mini Arabic Oxford University puuni, amaa ka daa che bɔhimbu maa ka kpuɣi napɔŋ chaŋ United States. O daa chaŋ Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London yina ka daa dee BSc(Arch) yuuni 1992, ni March yuuni yuuni 1995, ka daa lahi chaŋ ni o ti nya PhD architecture puuni, University of London dundɔŋ puuni, yuuni 2007.

## O Tuma
O ni daa nyɛ sasabira ni ŋun maani sabbu niŋda. Lokko sabbu nima pam daa malibu taachi din nyɛ kaya ni taɣada nti pahi niriba biɛhigu. O tooi wuhiri South Africa karimzɔŋ karili puuni, ka min lahi wuhi United Kingdom mini United States. O lahi tooi sabiri Architectural Review saha kam. O daa nyɛla ŋun maani White Papers, Black Marks n-niŋda: Race, Culture, Architecture (University of Minnesota Press, 2000), ni ŋun maani niŋdi zuɣulana zaŋ ti FOLIO: Journal of Contemporary African Architecture, ka daa lahi be editorial board of ARQ (Cambridge) ni series editor of Design Research in Architecture (UCL Press). O daa lahi nyɛla ŋun pahi yuuni 2019 sabiri bɔbili zaŋ wuhi salo la puuni din yuli daa boli New Daughters of Africa (ŋun daa niŋli n-nyɛ Margaret Busby). Yuuni 2004, Lokko daa zaŋla o tuuli salinwaɣinli, Sundowners, n-wuhi salo Guardian top 40 bestseller, ka daa lahi doli li ni salinwaɣila pia ni yini, din gbaai Saffron Skies (2005), Bitter Chocolate (2008), One Secret Summer (2010), A Private Affair (2011) and Little White Lies (2014).

Din gbaai The Scotsman in 2012, Lokko ni daa sabi shɛli "is 'glam lit' with women in high flying, exciting jobs who jet around the globe rubbing shoulders and other parts with devious men from the upper ranks of high society in twisting, intelligently spun tales." yuuni 2020, o daa yila Orion chaŋ PanMacmillan ni o salinwaɣinli din yuli daa booni Soul Sisters.

## Achitacha
Lokko daa wuhi achitacha gili duniya luɣili kam. Pɔi ka o yi United States, professor paa Architecture puuni, Iowa State University din gbaai yuuni 1997 zaŋ chaŋ 1998 ni University of Illinois at Chicago din gbaai yuuni 1998 zaŋ chaŋ 2000. Yuuni 2000 maa, o daa leela Martin Luther King Visiting Professor zaŋ ti achitacha, University of Michigan puuni. O daa lahi labi United Kingdom n-daa ti niŋ kamani yuum-pia n-daa wuhiri achitekiture Kingston University, University of North London ni, bahigu, University of Westminster, ni ka o daa kpa punpɔŋɔ Master of Arts programme din daa kpuɣi pathway of Architecture, Cultural Identity and Globalisation (MACIG) la.Tuuli Lokko daa nyɛla bɛ ni pii so Visiting African Scholar University of Cape Town dɔndɔŋ maa puuni o ni daa kuli labi South Africa. Di daa wumi o ni "Europe’s hand-me-downs", Lokko daa niŋ nangbaniyini ni University of Johannesburg, ka bɛ daa kpa Graduate School of Architecture (GSA) yuuni 2014/2015 ka di daa leei kpɛma zaŋ ti shikuru maa. GSA, daa taɣimi pɔi ni Graduate School of Design din be Harvard University ni London's Architectural Association, ko n-nyɛ din kpalim shikuru kɔntinɛnti maa puuni n-daa niŋdi Unit System way of teaching. Yuuni 2015, Lokko daa nyɛla ŋun lee kpɛma zaŋti Graduate School din na yoli kpa maa ni associate professor of architecture, University of Johannesburg puuni. O daa kpala GSA saha shɛli siyaa ni daa niŋ talahi kpeeni South Africa ka daa nya shikuru bihi pam ni daa yina to o a yirimo, ka daa niŋ zaɣa ni o biɛhigu zaŋ kpa South Africa yɛli shɛŋa ni kpɛbu. Silimiin-goli June 2019, o daa nyɛla bɛ ni boli so dean zaŋ ti Bernard mini Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York dundɔŋ puuni, ka daa za lala zaashee ŋɔ maa hali ni yuuni 2020. Punpɔŋɔ ŋuna n-nyɛ ŋun kpa ka nyɛ kpɛma zaŋ ti African Futures Institute din be Accra, Ghana la. Yuuni 2021, Lokko daa nyɛla bɛ ni pii so ni o lee baŋdi ŋun be bini maana tooni zaŋ ti 18th Venice Biennale of Architecture, din daa gbaai ni din yooi yuuni 2023. Molo maa zuɣu daa nyɛla "The Laboratory of the Future", ni daliri jahi din daa nyɛ decolonisation mini decarbonisation din bɔri "a glimpse of future practices and ways of seeing and being in the world", ka Lokko daa yɛli "It is impossible to build a better world if one cannot first imagine it."

O yuli wuhibu, pina ni o yala teebu

Lokko daa nyɛla bɛ ni pii so Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) yuuni 2023 yuum' palli yala teebu shee ni o kpaŋmaŋa zaŋ chaŋ architecture mini shikuru polo.

2021 Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for Contribution to Architecture

2020 RIBA Annie Spink Award

## O kpaŋmaŋ pina
Lokko n daa yɛ bi ni pii so officer of Order of the British Empire (OBE) 2023 yu palli ni, yun kpaŋ o maŋa  Architecture mini shikuru baŋsim polo.

2021 Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for Contribution to Architecture

## O kundi shɛŋa bi ni piigi

* 2000: *White Papers, Black Marks: Race, Culture, Architecture*
* 2004: *Sundowners*
* 2005: *Saffron Skies*
* 2008: *Bitter Chocolate*
* 2009: *Rich Girl, Poor Girl*
* 2010: *One Secret Summer*
* 2011: *A Private Affair*
* 2012: *An Absolute Deception*
* 2014: *Little White Lies*
* 2016: *The Last Debutante*
* 2021: *Soul Sisters*

### O maliniŋ kundinima
2000: White Papers, Black Marks: Architecture, Race, Culture

## Kundivihira