http://www.govolsxtra.com/staff/lola-alapo/A native of Nigeria, West Africa, Lola Alapo grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. She came to the Knoxville News Sentinel in January 2003 as a general assignment reporter. She covered police, courts, and diversity-related stories until September 2006 when she was assigned the education beat. en-ushttp://www.govolsxtra.com/photos/2008/nov/07/41192/[img/photos/2008/11/07/110808posterlola.jpg]Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:54:02 -0000http://www.govolsxtra.com/photos/2008/nov/07/41192/http://www.govolsxtra.com/photos/2008/sep/01/35487/Children welcome a visitor during a visit to a school in Molo, Kenya. This school is one of a few thTue, 02 Sep 2008 00:54:04 -0000http://www.govolsxtra.com/photos/2008/sep/01/35487/http://www.govolsxtra.com/photos/2008/sep/01/35483/Women wash clothes near the community water source in the Mathare Valley slum community in Nairobi, Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:54:03 -0000http://www.govolsxtra.com/photos/2008/sep/01/35483/http://www.govolsxtra.com/photos/2008/sep/01/35482/John Mathenge looks over papers that documents how many displaced people lived on his property, and Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:54:03 -0000http://www.govolsxtra.com/photos/2008/sep/01/35482/