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Àrokò Cooperative
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Àrokò Cooperative is a multidisciplinary community of creative practitioners using design to divest from systems of harm—and build toward collective liberation.

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Àrokò Cooperative @aroko.bsky.social · Apr 25
Hello bluesky 👋🏽 we're Àrokò Cooperative. We have a lot to share with y'all, but figured we should introduce ourselves first.
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Join The Folklore Story Lab: ROOTS (Africa) with @aishatuado.bsky.social — a generative writing session exploring African and diasporic folklore.
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Celebrating joy, creativity and cultural magic as sisters Mahie & Meron weave Ethiopian heritage into Halloween spellcraft— the creative forces behind Enday, a vibrant fashion brand. #HabeshaMagic

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Pumpkin Angels & Habesha Magic: Stitching Spells and Sewing Culture
Ethiopian-American designers reclaim Halloween as a time of joy, blending culture with creative freedom!
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November 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Halloween nostalgia with a twist, read @aishatuado.bsky.social's flash fiction now live at ÀROKÒ.WORLD
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Ninja Turtle Dreams
Mama zipped me in a Ninja Turtle shell—Michelangelo, the laughing one, 'cause I giggled through gunfire and dreamed in technicolor even when sirens split the night like wishbones. Sweat glued the mas...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Halloween nostalgia with a twist, read @aishatuado.bsky.social's flash fiction now live at ÀROKÒ.WORLD
www.aroko.world/ninja-turtle...
Ninja Turtle Dreams
Mama zipped me in a Ninja Turtle shell—Michelangelo, the laughing one, 'cause I giggled through gunfire and dreamed in technicolor even when sirens split the night like wishbones. Sweat glued the mas...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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very fascinating. i wonder where we go next? does it matter if hip hop isnt on the billboard charts like that?
No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990
No rap songs have ranked in the top 40 on the last two Billboard Hot 100 charts, following Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Luther" dropping off the chart.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Love cinema that haunts and expands what Black stories can be? Read @aishatuado.bsky.social's latest piece on Eve’s Bayou.
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Messy by Design: How Eve’s Bayou Made Chaos an Art Form
Someone will ask you one day if you've seen Eve's Bayou. You need to be able say yes. Because Kasi Lemmons crafted cinema history as one of the first Black women to direct a feature that centers Black...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Love cinema that haunts and expands what Black stories can be? Read @aishatuado.bsky.social's latest piece on Eve’s Bayou.
www.aroko.world/messy-by-des...
Messy by Design: How Eve’s Bayou Made Chaos an Art Form
Someone will ask you one day if you've seen Eve's Bayou. You need to be able say yes. Because Kasi Lemmons crafted cinema history as one of the first Black women to direct a feature that centers Black...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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We built intentional culture that has lasting impact. Read our new article on how we work and the work we’ve done.

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We Build Culture
How Àrokò Cooperative designs radical solutions for individuals and organizations.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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We built intentional culture that has lasting impact. Read our new article on how we work and the work we’ve done.

www.aroko.world/we-build-cul...
We Build Culture
How Àrokò Cooperative designs radical solutions for individuals and organizations.
www.aroko.world
October 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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An ode to @aishatuado.bsky.social new article “Play is Medicine” what was games kept you up late at night? Drop them in the comments🎮
What Games Were Your Medicine Growing Up
October 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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“We weren’t just playing; we were learning…how to laugh at failure and try again. What I didn’t know then is what researchers would confirm years later: those play sessions were not just fun. They were literally reshaping our brains” —

Read the full article here.

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Play Is Medicine: Designing Care Through Super Mario 64
Forget brain-training apps. In the ‘90s we already had one: Super Mario 64. Turns out Peach’s castle was a cognitive gym all along.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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“We weren’t just playing; we were learning…how to laugh at failure and try again. What I didn’t know then is what researchers would confirm years later: those play sessions were not just fun. They were literally reshaping our brains” —

Read the full article here.

www.aroko.world/play-is-medi...
Play Is Medicine: Designing Care Through Super Mario 64
Forget brain-training apps. In the ‘90s we already had one: Super Mario 64. Turns out Peach’s castle was a cognitive gym all along.
www.aroko.world
October 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Stay cozy in style this fall with Aroko

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October 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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@zariah-cam.bsky.social takes us through another money saving library experience that’s sure to put some money back in your pockets

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Using a Library Card a Day Keeps Capitalism at Bay: Happy Freedom to Read Week
On this next creative library adventure, I visited the Myers Park Library for an Arts & Crafts Drop-in experience. Normally, I’m used to booking an art event where you have to stay for the full 2 hour...
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October 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
aroko.bsky.social
@zariah-cam.bsky.social takes us through another money saving library experience that’s sure to put some money back in your pockets

www.aroko.world/using-a-libr...
Using a Library Card a Day Keeps Capitalism at Bay: Happy Freedom to Read Week
On this next creative library adventure, I visited the Myers Park Library for an Arts & Crafts Drop-in experience. Normally, I’m used to booking an art event where you have to stay for the full 2 hour...
www.aroko.world
October 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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📢 Call for Submissions! Àrokò invites writers from Africa & the diaspora to send us stories that reimagine folklore, myth, and legend. Deadline Dec 31 2025.

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Àrokò Anthology: Call for submissions
ÀROKÒ ANTHOLOGY NO.1: FOLKLORE FROM AFRICA & THE DIASPORA Curated and edited by Aishatu Ado DEADLINE 12.31.25 // Submit to: contact@aroko.coop THEME We invite fiction that breathes new life into ...
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October 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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📢 Call for Submissions! Àrokò invites writers from Africa & the diaspora to send us stories that reimagine folklore, myth, and legend. Deadline Dec 31 2025.

www.aroko.world/aroko-anthol...
Àrokò Anthology: Call for submissions
ÀROKÒ ANTHOLOGY NO.1: FOLKLORE FROM AFRICA & THE DIASPORA Curated and edited by Aishatu Ado DEADLINE 12.31.25 // Submit to: contact@aroko.coop THEME We invite fiction that breathes new life into ...
www.aroko.world
October 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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DJ DRONE STRIKE IN THE MIX 😭
Image of Barack Obama with a DOOM SCROLL t-shirt DJing with one hand up.
October 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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A peek of our fall roundup picks for are here, produced by our star studded cast of writers. To see this and more articles like these sign up for our newsletter. www.aroko.world
October 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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A peek of our fall roundup picks for are here, produced by our star studded cast of writers. To see this and more articles like these sign up for our newsletter. www.aroko.world
October 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Our portfolio is up to date with new work from 2025. If you are looking for help with your brand, website, magazine, or more, hit us up!

www.aroko.coop/work
Àrokò Cooperative
Àròko Cooperative is a multidisciplinary creative community reimagining art and design as a social practice.
www.aroko.coop
September 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
aroko.bsky.social
Our portfolio is up to date with new work from 2025. If you are looking for help with your brand, website, magazine, or more, hit us up!

www.aroko.coop/work
Àrokò Cooperative
Àròko Cooperative is a multidisciplinary creative community reimagining art and design as a social practice.
www.aroko.coop
September 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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145,000 young Nepalis turned Discord into a digital parliament and elected their country's first woman interim prime minister. Design reflects the values of those who wield it, not those who built it.

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Discord Decides: How Nepal's Youth Turned Gaming Infrastructure into Architecture For Liberation
145,000 young Nepalis turned Discord into a digital parliament and elected their country's first woman interim prime minister. Design reflects the values of those who wield it, not those who built it.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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145,000 young Nepalis turned Discord into a digital parliament and elected their country's first woman interim prime minister. Design reflects the values of those who wield it, not those who built it.

www.aroko.world/discord-deci...
Discord Decides: How Nepal's Youth Turned Gaming Infrastructure into Architecture For Liberation
145,000 young Nepalis turned Discord into a digital parliament and elected their country's first woman interim prime minister. Design reflects the values of those who wield it, not those who built it.
www.aroko.world
September 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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They called it beautiful, this bill that turns cupboards into graveyards and hospitals into ghosts. "Alaska's tundra cracks beneath the weight of drills that puncture permafrost—each wellhead a monument to extinction's acceleration."

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Matricide
On July 4th 2025, America murdered its safety net: Medicaid gutted, food stamps slashed, Arctic drilled—all for billionaire tax cuts. "The cupboards testify: nothing grows in hunger's house.”
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August 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM