Kadogo Mojo

My name is Aku Kadogo. I am a theatre director, educator and cultural arts worker. I live in Sydney, Detroit, Seoul, Atlanta and my imagination.  I enjoy visual inspiration of all sorts.

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My Father's Shadow (2025, 🇳🇬), directed by Akinola Davies Jr.

Written by brothers Akinola and Wale, this semi-autobiographical film follows a father, estranged from his two young sons, as they travel through Lagos during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis.

[josefadamu]

beautiful!

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A boy rides a statue horse in Kano, Nigeria

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The Games We Play: Mancala

Mancala (or Ayò) is one of the oldest board games, dating back to 4th century AD in Egypt. Over the years, the game has gained many variants played across 99 countries. The most popularly played in Africa include Bao (Kenya), Oware (Ghana), Omweso (Uganda), Tchouba (Mozambique) and En Gehé (Tanzania). Tchouba and En Gehé are the largest forms of the game.

RWANDA. Kigali. 2009. Two men play a game of Omweso (or Igisoro). Photo courtesy of Wikimedia.

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[garadinervi]

Galileo Galilei, February 15, 1564 / 2019

(image: Galileo Galilei, Sidereus nuncius, facsimile of the 1610 edition)

[questcequecestqueca]

Twilight in Turkmenistan

[fils-des-etoiles]

The day I met you I tore up All my maps All my prophecies

Nizar Qabbani, Between Us

Your body is my map The world's map no longer concerns me

Nizar Qabbani, Raise Me More Love

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Jessye Norman - operatic legend

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[colonellickburger]

Gordon Parks. Untitled, 1956⁠

[jetsonorama]

jc in cow springs spring 2016

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[sweeetagony]

Zora Neale Hurston

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A fruit seller balancing her market in Jos, Nigeria

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A portrait of a man in Zaria City, Nigeria