Moments of Kumaraswamy distribution

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I am working on a problem that in one step of it I need to write down the moments of the Kumaraswamy distribution as a function of its lower order moment, meaning

$$M_k = some \, terms \times M_{k-1}$$.

The moments of the Kumaraswamy distribution is defined as

$$M_k = \beta \mathbf{B} (1+\frac{k}{\alpha},\beta)$$

(According to this reference: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572312708000282)

I tried different ways to re-write this equation in terms of lower order moments but I couldn't succeed in finding an answer for it. I appreciate if someone can help me with this. Thank you.

Best regards,

Ehsan