In this week’s B-Side, Anuli celebrates Caribbean American Heritage Month by spotlighting standout statements on art, work, and creative life from some of the makers featured in Malene Barnett’s book, Crafted Kinship: Inside the Creative Practice of Contemporary Black Caribbean Makers (2024).

In this week’s B-Side, Anuli shares the epilogue of her doctoral dissertation to piece together the breadcrumbs and show the whole loaf of how and why Andre 3000 got into all that jazz.

ON THE B-SIDE: Cultural Anthropologist and BLK IRL Creator, Dr. Anuli Akanegbu, presents a speech titled “One for the money, yes, sir, two for the show”: The ‘Elevators’ of Caste in Atlanta at the 12th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium (VIDEO).

On the B-Side: Anuli shares three key takeaways from her dissertation on Black creative contract workers in Atlanta.

On the B-Side: Anuli explains how Du Bois’ double consciousness was born out of the daily tensions Black workers in the South faced between economic survival and the denial of full personhood.

On the B-Side: Anuli explains why the recent rollback of DEI initiatives should compel us all to ask not only who funds the arts, but what they expect in return – and at what cost to the integrity, autonomy, and future of artists.

On the B-Side: Anuli explains why job hunting seems so terrible these days despite a reported increase in job openings.

Akin to the B-side of a vinyl record or cassette, the B-Side blog is for anyone curious about the typically less talked about aspects of creative work and creative life – from the Black hand side.