“Tell stories filled with facts. Make people touch and taste and KNOW. Make people FEEL FEEL FEEL.”
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Hello, I am Dr. Anuli Akanegbu. I am a cultural anthropologist, writer, cultural strategist, and the founder of BLK IRLⓇ. My mission is to build shared knowledge about work, technology, and economic life in Black communities in legible and livable ways that strengthen community capacity, cultivate curiosity and lifelong learning, and support Black self-determination, imagination, and joy.
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Anuli Akanegbu, PhD, (pronounced Ah-noo-lee A-ka-nay-boo), is a cultural anthropologist, writer, and cultural strategist interested in how people make sense of social and technological change and what it reveals about race, labor, and culture in the United States. She is the founder of BLK IRLⓇ, a public humanities platform documenting Black life, labor, technology, and culture through ethnography, multimedia storytelling, and community partnerships. Building on a professional background in journalism and marketing, her current work bridges research, strategy, multimedia storytelling, and public engagement across higher education, media, industry, nonprofit research, and cultural institutions. Anuli earned her PhD in Cultural Anthropology from New York University and holds a B.A. in Communications and Culture from Howard University.
