I am Lolade Alaka. My stories are fictional, factual, and all the complicated in-betweens.
My writing lives in the tension between power and vulnerability, silence and revelation. Whether I'm building fictional dynasties, unraveling generational trauma, or just following the quiet grief of a child no one notices, I’m always searching for the human pulse beneath the spectacle. You are welcome if you love to explore legacy, memory, identity, love, loneliness, and the strange intimacy of power, told through characters who feel hauntingly real, sometimes uncomfortably so.
I write slowly but obsessively, often working on several ongoing storylines at once: multigenerational sagas, personal essays dressed as conversations, and poems that tend to start out as secrets I didn’t mean to share. Most of what I write ends up serialized, like journal entries I want you to find.
Outside of fiction, I’ve spent a decade in content strategy, journalism, publishing, and digital media, editing for Zikoko, Diary of a Naija Girl, Marie Claire Nigeria, African Women in Media, and Quramo, so yes, I know how to write with polish and purpose. But here, I get to write with heart.
I launched The Lagosian in 2021, and 2.0 began in 2025. This space is where I post my unfinished thoughts, stories in progress, poems in transit, and the occasional mess I’m still trying to name. It's designed to be a rabbit hole. Welcome.