Born 2001, Aklakou Togo
Based in NYC
EDUCATION
2024 Lehigh University College of Arts and Sciences, Bethlehem PA
Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Minors in English and Studio Art
Honors: Eckardt Scholar (Flagship Honors Program in Lehigh College of Arts and Sciences); Summa Cum Laude; Art, Architecture, & Design, Africana Studies, and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Departmental Honors
SOLO EXHIBITION
2023
Lɔlɔ̃ ƒe Nyawo (Narratives of Love): Lehigh University Art Galleries - Bethlehem, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Art, Architecture, and Design: Senior Honors Thesis Exhibition 2024: Lehigh University Art Galleries - Bethlehem, PA
2022
Lehigh Art, Architecture, and Design Student Exhibition - Bethlehem, PA
Art as Activism: The Lehigh Institute on Critical Race and Ethnics Studies - Bethlehem, PA
Lehigh Valley Collegiate Art Exhibition, Manifold Virtual Gallery
African Students Association Annual Gala - Bethlehem, PA
2021
Thinking Through Drawing: Digital Community Exhibition, Lehigh University Art Galleries
PUBLICATIONS
2026 Tulsa Review, Tulsa Community College (Featured artist)
2024 Black In Colors Magazine, Lehigh University (Art & Design Team Lead and featured artist)
2023 Furrow Magazine, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Featured artist)
2022 Amaranth, Lehigh University (Featured artist)
SELECTED PROJECTS & PAPERS
2024 “I Refuse To Be Invisible…” Narratives of Love, Communities, and Resistance in Africa and Its Diaspora (Senior Honors Thesis)
2024 Lɔlɔ̃ ƒe Nyawo [Narratives of Love]: An Ode to African Women’s Love, Knowledge, Home, and Labor
2023 What Does The World Owe Black Women?
AWARDS & HONORS
2026 Fulbright Student Award to Cameroon - 1 of 2 awardees selected to teach English in Cameroon for the 2026-2027 school year
2024 Williams Prize Winner (3x) - Awarded to 3/4 of my writing pieces submitted to the Lehigh University Williams Prize Writing Competition
2022 Williams Prize - Awarded for stellar creative work submission to Lehigh Amaranth Literary Magazine