“Tell stories filled with facts. Make people touch and taste and KNOW. Make people FEEL FEEL FEEL.”
Hello, I’m Dr. Anuli Akanegbu. Welcome to my website!
I am a cultural anthropologist, researcher, strategist, writer, and the founder of BLK IRLⓇ. My life’s work 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, researcher, strategist, and writer whose work explores technology, labor, inequality, and Black life in the United States. She is the founder of BLK IRLⓇ, a public-engaged research and cultural production practice that brings people together through conversations, workshops, and public programs to reflect on how work, technology, and economic change shape the ways we live, create, relate, and dream. Building on a professional background in journalism and marketing, her current work bridges research, communications, 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.
