Aku Kadogo

She was one of the original cast members of Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1976), and acted in the 1990s Australian children's television series Lift Off.

[1] As a young girl, Kadogo's mother encouraged her participation in demonstrations against the Vietnam War,[2] and both parents often took her to cultural events throughout the city.

"[3] Kadogo has educated and performed in Australia, Senegal, Cuba, Brazil, and Hong Kong, and South Korea.

[4] During her last year at NYU, she met Ntozake Shange and Paula Moss at Dianne McIntyre's Sounds in Motion Dance Studio.

[4] In a 2005 visit back home, Kadogo was offered the position of director for the Black Theatre Program at Wayne State University.

After leaving Wayne State, she was appointed as visiting professor at Yong In University in Seoul, South Korea.

In 2014, Kadogo was named Spelman College William and Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Endowed Professor in the Arts.