nigeria
Osa is a Nigerian-American pottery artist using traditional Nigerian and African techniques in a modern studio. She's just started a PeerTube channel featuring her works, you can follow at:
If the videos haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them at https://makertube.net/a/potterybyosa/videos
You can also follow her general non-video account at @potterybyosa@mastodon.social
#FeaturedPeerTube #Pottery #Nigeria #Africa #AfricanArt #PeerTube #PeerTubers
Mad with power
#Trump threatens #US #military action in #Nigeria over treatment of #Christians
Trump said on Saturday that he has asked the #Defense Dept to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government "continues to allow the killing of Christians."
#law #Constitution #InternationalLaw #WarPowers #NewApostolicReformation #NAR #Congress #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/trump-threatens-us-military-action-nigeria-over-treatment-christians-2025-11-01/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
#Nigeria #usstrike
We cannot have even 24 hours of quiet.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-islamic-state-nigeria-43478823f0562cafc527fad1448a0542?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
Feine #Karikatur zum #Fossilismus von #Kostas in der heutigen @stz_news 👏 👍
„Ich habe nur humanitäre Absichten!“ beteuert #Trump, während er links ein Fass #Erdöl aus #Venezuela, rechts eines aus #Nigeria präsentiert.
Mit @Teh_Doc_Inan in der #Weihnachtsfolge bekräftigt: Wer den fossilen #Ressourcenfluch & die #Rentierstaatstheorie nicht versteht, checkt auch die fossilen Ideologien des US - #Kapitalismus inklusive #Petrodollar, von #Kommunismus & #Islamismus nicht. 🔥 https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/blume-ince-48-weihnachtsfolge-mit-dem-petrodollar-rentier-dem-weihnachtsmann/
Chips vs. fries: I speak English fluently and yet I am always translating
Wole Olayinka immigrated from Nigeria to Calgary four years ago. When he speaks English in Canada — a language he has spoken all his life — the very thing that should connect him becomes another layer of distance.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-english-but-always-translating-9.7168581?cmp=rss
Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-malawi-state-department-crime-sexual-violence-trafficking?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Nigeria pushes back on #Trump deportation demands
“Foreign Minister Tuggar said the US was pressuring several African nations to accept foreign nationals whom it wants to deport.
"We already have over 230 million people," Tuggar said.
“In the words of the famous US rap group Public Enemy — you'll remember a line: 'Flava Flav has problems of his own. I can't do nothing for you, man.'"
Call for Applications: Crossing Tongues Poetry Residency
Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature invites a Scottish poet writing in English, Scots &/or Scottish Gaelic to undertake a 7-day residency in Nigeria, alongside the Hausa International Book & Arts Festival, December 2026
Applications open until 30 September
https://cityofliterature.com/opportunities/call-for-applications-crossing-tongues-poetry-residency/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #Nigeria #Scots #Scotslanguage #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #residency