Kukua Kweku-Badu is an independent curator, and poet, exploring decolonial and queer alternate realities and global contemporary art.  Kukua works collaboratively to shed light on post-colonial struggles, prioritizing the narratives of queer/trans-Indigenous individuals across the Global South, the diaspora, and beyond. Their curatorial approach focuses on reimagining ways of presenting and engaging with art, as well as exploration of the multifaceted dimensions of identity.

Kukua undertook a curatorial mentorship program at The Cradle Art Center, Accra. They recently began their curatorial journey, by exhibiting the works of three (3) womxn artists as part of an International Women’s Day pop-up.

Kukua has a B.A. in Communications Studies from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, Accra; and has worked as a publicist, providing support to local artists. Their previous work emcompasses media relations, marketing and branding, social media and graphic and web design.