Lesley Naa Norle Lokko, Yar asalin kasar Ghana ce, kuma mai fasaha, kuma marubuciya.[1] 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,[2] ban da matsayin koyarwa da kuma ayyuka daban-daban a Johannesburg, London, Accra da Edinburgh.[3]

Lesley Lokko
Rayuwa
Cikakken suna Lesley Naa Norle Lokko
Haihuwa Dundee (en) Fassara, 1964 (59/60 shekaru)
ƙasa Ghana
Karatu
Makaranta Jami'ar Kwaleji ta Landon
Harsuna Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a Marubuci, marubuci da Masanin gine-gine da zane
Employers Jami'ar Johannesburg
Kyaututtuka
lesleylokko.com
Lesley Lokko

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.[4] 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.

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Lesley Lokko an haife ta a Dundee, 'yar wani likitan ƙasar Ghana kuma mahaifiyar Scottish, kuma ta girma a Ghana da Scotland.[5][6] Lokacin da ta kai shekara 17, ta shiga makarantar kwana ta sirri a Ingila.[7] Ta fara karatun Ibrananci da Larabci a Jami'ar Oxford, amma ta bar shirin don zuwa Amurka.[6] Ta yi karatun digiri a Bartlett School of Architecture, Kwalejin Kwaleji ta London, tare da BSc (Arch) a 1992, da kuma MArch a 1995, kuma ta ci gaba da samun digirin digirgir a fannin gine-gine daga Jami'ar London a 2007.[8]

Yawancin rubuce-rubucen Lokko sun ƙunshi jigogi game da asalin al'adu da launin fata.[9] Tana yin laccoci a kai a kai a Afirka ta Kudu,[6] kuma ta koyar a Burtaniya da Amurka. Tana kuma yin rubutu akai-akai don The Architectural Review.[10] Ita ce mai ba da gudummawa ga New Daughters of Africa ta 2019 (Margaret Busby ta shirya).[11] A shekara ta 2004, ta buga sabon littafinta, Sundowners, mai gabatar da shirye-shirye 40 na Guardian, tare da wasu litattafai goma sha daya. A cikin 2020, ta tashi daga Orion zuwa PanMacmillan tare da sabon labari Soul Sisters.

Lokko ta koyar da gine-gine a duk faɗin duniya. Kafin ta fice daga Amurka, ta kasance mataimakiyar farfesa a fannin gine-gine a Jami'ar Jihar Iowa daga 1997 zuwa 1998 sannan kuma a Jami'ar Illinois a Chicago daga 1998 zuwa 2000.[2] A shekara ta 2000, ta zama Martin Luther King Farfesa na Farfesa a fannin gine-gine a Jami'ar Michigan.[12] Daga nan sai ta koma Burtaniya kusan shekaru goma, tana koyar da gine-gine a Jami'ar Kingston, Jami'ar Arewacin London da kuma, a karshe, Jami'ar Westminster, inda ta kafa tsarin Master of Arts na yanzu a hanyar Architecture, Asalin Al'adu da Duniya baki daya. (MACIG).[2][13]

An nada Lokko ta farko da ta ziyarci Malami a Afirka a Jami'ar Cape Town bayan ta dawo Afirka ta Kudu.[12] Gaji da "hannun-Turai", Lokko, tare da haɗin gwiwar Jami'ar Johannesburg, sun kafa Makarantar Graduate School of Architecture (GSA) a cikin 2014/2015 kuma ya zama darektan Makaranta. GSA, wacce aka tsara bayan kammala karatun digiri na biyu a Jami'ar Harvard da Associationungiyar Architectural na London, ita ce kaɗai makarantar da ke cikin nahiyar da ta himmatu ga koyar da karatun digiri na biyu kuma na farko da ke ba da hanyar koyar da Unit System.[4]

A shekarar 2015, Lokko ta zama shugabar sabuwar makarantar sakandare da kuma Mataimakin Farfesa a fannin gine-gine a Jami'ar Johannesburg.[14][15][16] Ta kafa GSA ne a lokacin rikice-rikicen siyasa a Afirka ta Kudu kuma ta shaida zanga-zangar ɗaliban ɗalibai, tare da tayar da hankali game da asalin ƙasa a Afirka ta Kudu bayan mulkin mallaka.[17]

A watan Yuni 2019 an nada ta a matsayin shugaban makarantar Bernard da Anne Spitzer School of Architecture a Kwalejin City na New York, ta ci gaba da kasancewa a wannan matsayi har zuwa 2020.[16][18] A halin yanzu ita ce ta kafa kuma darekta na Cibiyar Futures ta Afirka a Accra, Ghana.

A cikin 2021, an nada ta a matsayin mai kula da 18th Venice Biennale of Architecture, wanda aka saita don buɗewa a cikin 2023.[19]

Kyaututtuka da karramawa

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  • 2021 Ada Louise Huxtable Prize don Gudunmawa ga Gine-gine[20]
  • 2020 RIBA Annie Spink Award[21]

Zaɓaɓɓen ayyukan da aka buga

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  • 2000: White Papers, Black Marks: Race, Culture, Architecture[1]
  • 2004: Sundowners[1]
  • 2005: Saffron Skies[1]
  • 2008: Bitter Chocolate[1]
  • 2009: Rich Girl, Poor Girl[22]
  • 2010: One Secret Summer[23]
  • 2011: A Private Affair[1]
  • 2012: An Absolute Deception[1]
  • 2014: Little White Lies[1]
  • 2016: The Last Debutante
  • 2021: Soul Sisters

A matsayin edita

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Manazarta

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Lesley Naa Norle Lokko Archived 23 ga Yuli, 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Pan African Writers' Association.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Lesley Lokko". The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture (in Turanci). Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  3. "About Lesley", Official website
  4. 4.0 4.1 "About the Graduate School of Architecture". Graduate School of Architecture (in Turanci). Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  5. "Lesley Lokko’s books are worth the weight", The Scotsman, 11 July 2012.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Lesley Lokko talks to Danuta Kean about how to write a blockbuster". Orion Publishing Group.
  7. Mendes-Franco, Janine, "‘They can’t duck the question of decolonisation and transformation anymore’", Global Voices, 24 July 2018.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Lesley Lokko profile at The Conversation.
  9. Kean, Danuta (18 January 2008). "Lesley Lokko: 'Don't ask me about 'black culture', I don't know what it is'", The Independent.
  10. Lesley Lokko Archived 2019-03-28 at the Wayback Machine at The Architectural Review.
  11. "new Daughters of Africa" at Myriad Editions.
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Lesley Lokko". The Conversation (in Turanci). Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  13. "Architecture MA - Courses | University of Westminster, London". www.westminster.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  14. Lesley Lokko Archived 20 ga Yuli, 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Academic biography.
  15. "UJ’s Head of the Graduate School of Architecture, Prof Lesley Lokko, provides mentorship on Made in SA TV Show", University of Johannesburg, 2 August 2018.
  16. 16.0 16.1 Russell, James S. (11 June 2019). "Lesley Lokko, Global Architect and Novelist, Appointed Architecture Dean at City College of New York". Architectural Record. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  17. "The Age of Wildfire". www.e-flux.com (in Turanci). Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  18. Hickman, Matt (7 October 2020). "Lesley Lokko resigns as dean of Spitzer School of Architecture at City College of New York". The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  19. Greenberger, Alex (15 December 2021). "Lesley Lokko Becomes First Black Curator to Organize Venice Architecture Biennale". ARTnews. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  20. Crook, Lizzie (22 January 2021). "Kate Macintosh awarded 2021 Jane Drew Prize for women in architecture". Dezeen. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  21. Carlson, Cajsa (4 January 2021). "Lesley Lokko wins 2020 RIBA Annie Spink Award". Dezeen. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  22. Rich Girl, Poor Girl (Hardback) - Lesley Lokko Archived 22 ga Faburairu, 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Orion Publishing Group.
  23. One Secret Summer at Amazon.