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Art, Advocacy, and Community Healing

Transforming Lived Experience into Powerful Visual Storytelling Akanji Studio is a London-based art studio founded by Rizzy Akanji, creating work that explores the intersection of chronic illness, healthcare advocacy, and...

Everyone Left Feeling Calmer: Inside Our Spoken...

On the 18th February 2026, something powerful happened. 9 people living with sickle cell/chronic pain came together at the London Dockland Museum for an afternoon of creative expression, community, and...

A painkiller that makes pain worse. That is the...

  A painkiller that makes pain worse. That is the reality for thousands of sickle cell patients, and most have never been told. Akanji Studio Wellness recently published educational content...

What's Your Blood Type? | Akanji Studio at Brix...

Akanji Studio presents "What's Your Blood Type?", our first Brixton exhibition, exploring the lived experience of sickle cell disease and the urgent need for blood donation through visual art and poetry....

Creative Healing with Roald Dahl’s Marvellous C...

Earlier this month, Akanji Studio partnered with Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity to host a digital art workshop for children living with chronic illness.The session invited each child to explore...

The pain you can't see: The crisis is over, but...

Writer: Akanji Studio & Maya BloombergAfter a pain episode, it looks like survival. But what follows is exhaustion, soreness, and a nervous system that won’t slow down. “You look better,” but...