Femke van Zeijl
@femkevanzeijl.bsky.social
Dutch #journalist /writer/photographer based in #Lagos, #Nigeria. 4th book, Do-It-Yourself Society: on life in Lagos to be published in Nigeria in 2026. https://www.fvz-journaliste.nl/?lang=en
Annoying to have to respond to nonsense over and over again in this populism ruled news cycle. When are we going to address what is actually going on? But first, let me explain- in Dutch - why there is a lot deadly wrong in Nigeria, but no genocide on Christians. www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/b...
Trump dreigt met militaire actie Nigeria
In Nigeria worden christenen massaal afgeslacht door moslimextremisten, zo claimt Donald Trump. Volgens de Amerikaanse president is er een genocide gaande. Hij dreigt daarom niet alleen met een milita...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Annoying to have to respond to nonsense over and over again in this populism ruled news cycle. When are we going to address what is actually going on? But first, let me explain- in Dutch - why there is a lot deadly wrong in Nigeria, but no genocide on Christians. www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/b...
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Links weer kleiner. David Van Reybrouck said it best when he said:
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Links weer kleiner. David Van Reybrouck said it best when he said:
A global strike against "empire" is, according to @saulwilliams.bsky.social, the way out of capitalism and oppression. Yet, the American artist-who will perform at Le Guess Who? On November 8-doesn't call his work activism, but art. "All art that matters speaks out." www.oneworld.nl/identiteit/s...
Amerikaanse activistische artiest Saul Williams roept op: ‘Staak!’
Hij noemt zijn werk geen activisme, maar kunst. Toch laat multitalent Saul Williams weinig heel van de westerse wereldorde – Nederland in het bijzonder. De Amerikaanse rapper, dichter en filmmaker - d...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
A global strike against "empire" is, according to @saulwilliams.bsky.social, the way out of capitalism and oppression. Yet, the American artist-who will perform at Le Guess Who? On November 8-doesn't call his work activism, but art. "All art that matters speaks out." www.oneworld.nl/identiteit/s...
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Een mondiale staking tegen ‘empire’, dat is volgens @saulwilliams.bsky.social de weg uit kapitalisme en onderdrukking. Toch noemt de Amerikaanse artiest - die 8 november optreedt op Le Guess Who? Festival - zijn werk geen activisme, maar kunst. ‘Alle kunst die ertoe doet, spreekt zich uit.’
Amerikaanse activistische artiest Saul Williams roept op: ‘Staak!’
Hij noemt zijn werk geen activisme, maar kunst. Toch laat multitalent Saul Williams weinig heel van de westerse wereldorde – Nederland in het bijzonder. De Amerikaanse rapper, dichter en filmmaker -…
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October 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Een mondiale staking tegen ‘empire’, dat is volgens @saulwilliams.bsky.social de weg uit kapitalisme en onderdrukking. Toch noemt de Amerikaanse artiest - die 8 november optreedt op Le Guess Who? Festival - zijn werk geen activisme, maar kunst. ‘Alle kunst die ertoe doet, spreekt zich uit.’
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billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
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"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
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October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
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Awful finding in a new study: airborne mercury from gold mining is contaminating food in Nigeria.
Reminds me of when I went to the Brazilian Amazon in 2019 and found that mercury miners were dumping in river tributaries was making Indigenous villagers sick.
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Reminds me of when I went to the Brazilian Amazon in 2019 and found that mercury miners were dumping in river tributaries was making Indigenous villagers sick.
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Invisible poison: Airborne mercury from gold mining is contaminating African food crops, new study warns
New research reveals airborne mercury from unregulated gold mining is contaminating African food crops directly through the leaves, not the soil, as previously thought. This urgent finding shows plant...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Awful finding in a new study: airborne mercury from gold mining is contaminating food in Nigeria.
Reminds me of when I went to the Brazilian Amazon in 2019 and found that mercury miners were dumping in river tributaries was making Indigenous villagers sick.
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Reminds me of when I went to the Brazilian Amazon in 2019 and found that mercury miners were dumping in river tributaries was making Indigenous villagers sick.
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Much like colonizing museums claim about African artifacts held in European and American collections, if the Louvre cannot properly take care of its possessions, perhaps another nation can. I heard the Benin Royal Museum in Nigeria may have a space.
PARIS (AP) — Paris prosecutor says jewels stolen in Louvre heist worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102 million).
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Much like colonizing museums claim about African artifacts held in European and American collections, if the Louvre cannot properly take care of its possessions, perhaps another nation can. I heard the Benin Royal Museum in Nigeria may have a space.
Last time I was at Shoprite, they didn't have black tea... What I miss in this analysis is comparison: how come that all Spars I know are thriving, with local products, great veggies and a lot of imported stuff as well?
Shoprite Nigeria struggling under new owners as shelves go empty, stores close https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/business-news/829675-shoprite-nigeria-struggling-under-new-owners-as-shelves-go-empty-stores-close.html?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
October 22, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Last time I was at Shoprite, they didn't have black tea... What I miss in this analysis is comparison: how come that all Spars I know are thriving, with local products, great veggies and a lot of imported stuff as well?
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Shoprite Nigeria struggling under new owners as shelves go empty, stores close https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/business-news/829675-shoprite-nigeria-struggling-under-new-owners-as-shelves-go-empty-stores-close.html?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
October 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Shoprite Nigeria struggling under new owners as shelves go empty, stores close https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/business-news/829675-shoprite-nigeria-struggling-under-new-owners-as-shelves-go-empty-stores-close.html?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
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De Marokkaans-Nederlandse dichter Asmae Amaddaou (23) kaart in haar poëzie de haat aan waar ‘bruine meisjes’, zoals zij, mee te maken krijgen. Zaterdag treedt ze op tijdens de Nacht van de Poëzie. ‘In Nederland geboren worden is een zegening, maar het is ook een giftig land.’ buff.ly/BK4WaK4
Poëzietalent Asmae Amaddaou (23): ‘Ik ken Nederland alleen als een vijandig land’
Rijzende ster in de poëzie Asmae Amaddaou (23) werd vlak na 9/11 geboren. Al op haar twaalfde deed de Marokkaans-Nederlandse dichter aangifte tegen Wilders’ ‘minder, minder’-uitspraak. Ondanks dat ze…
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September 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
De Marokkaans-Nederlandse dichter Asmae Amaddaou (23) kaart in haar poëzie de haat aan waar ‘bruine meisjes’, zoals zij, mee te maken krijgen. Zaterdag treedt ze op tijdens de Nacht van de Poëzie. ‘In Nederland geboren worden is een zegening, maar het is ook een giftig land.’ buff.ly/BK4WaK4
She was the 1st woman on the FBI's infamous wanted list, but activists worldwide saw Black revolutionary Assata Shakur—a fugitive for over forty years who died this week—as a courageous inspiration and victim of the racist American political system. | @oneworld.nl
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Waarom je de revolutionaire activist Assata Shakur (1947-2025) moet kennen
Ze was de eerste vrouw op de beruchte FBI-lijst van gezochte terroristen, maar of dat terecht is? Activisten wereldwijd zien in de Zwarte revolutionair Assata Shakur – al meer dan veertig jaar voortvl...
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September 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
She was the 1st woman on the FBI's infamous wanted list, but activists worldwide saw Black revolutionary Assata Shakur—a fugitive for over forty years who died this week—as a courageous inspiration and victim of the racist American political system. | @oneworld.nl
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September 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"Every version of me knows that education, health care, housing, clean water, and sufficient food are rights and not privileges. (...)Yet to say these things is (in my view) really to say the bare minimum: it is almost saying nothing at all." @zadiesmith.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Art of the Impersonal Essay, by Zadie Smith
In my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind of self-soothing Jedi mind trick, and, when it comes to essay composition, the rectangle is mine.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"Every version of me knows that education, health care, housing, clean water, and sufficient food are rights and not privileges. (...)Yet to say these things is (in my view) really to say the bare minimum: it is almost saying nothing at all." @zadiesmith.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Over de mediaberichtgeving van afgelopen weekend. Wanneer demonstranten Hitlergroeten brengen en extreemrechtse leuzen roepen, is terughoudendheid in het gebruik van de term ‘extreemrechts’ niet gepast
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Rob Witte | Nikki Sterkenburg
Na de eerste golf van berichtgeving waarin werd gesproken over 'relschoppers' en 'hooligans', ben ik erg blij met de bijdragen van Guus Valk en Léonie de Jonge (linkjes hieronder aan het einde van de ...
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September 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Over de mediaberichtgeving van afgelopen weekend. Wanneer demonstranten Hitlergroeten brengen en extreemrechtse leuzen roepen, is terughoudendheid in het gebruik van de term ‘extreemrechts’ niet gepast
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We kunnen blijven klagen over verrechtsing v media - maar ze doen wat zij (of de aandeelhouders) willen - of echt onafhankelijke alternatieven steunen. Júist nu. Hebben jullie een (digitaal of papieren) abonnement op OneWorld? Of je in ieder geval geabonneerd op de gratis OneWorld nieuwsbrief?
Abdelkarim en Asma El-Fassi pakken de regie terug | Nog steeds weinig oog voor anti-Aziatisch racisme | OneWorld Movie Night: 2073. Check onze beste verhalen in de nieuwsbrief en abonneer! mailchi.mp/oneworld/abd...
September 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
We kunnen blijven klagen over verrechtsing v media - maar ze doen wat zij (of de aandeelhouders) willen - of echt onafhankelijke alternatieven steunen. Júist nu. Hebben jullie een (digitaal of papieren) abonnement op OneWorld? Of je in ieder geval geabonneerd op de gratis OneWorld nieuwsbrief?
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Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
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Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
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I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot
Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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September 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rarely mentioned in Dutch history books, Boni is a hero in Suriname. Tessa Leuwsha wrote a book about the18th century freedom fighter who, from the swamps of Suriname, resisted the Dutch colonizers. "It shapes your identity when you know heroes from your own history." www.oneworld.nl/identiteit/t...
Schrijver Tessa Leuwsha: ‘Boni’s verzet is lang onder de mat gemoffeld’
In Nederlandse geschiedenisboeken komt hij amper voor, maar in Suriname is Boni een held. Schrijver Tessa Leuwsha schreef een boek over de achttiende-eeuwse vrijheidsstrijder die zich vanuit het moera...
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September 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Rarely mentioned in Dutch history books, Boni is a hero in Suriname. Tessa Leuwsha wrote a book about the18th century freedom fighter who, from the swamps of Suriname, resisted the Dutch colonizers. "It shapes your identity when you know heroes from your own history." www.oneworld.nl/identiteit/t...
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More on the jolloff rice chronicles... Very few people know, but I'm a jolloff rice snob. Mine is extraordinary. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hilda Baci: Nigerian chef breaks world record for largest jollof rice dish
Guinness World Records confirms the achievement, saying the rice weighed in at a staggering 8,780kg.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
More on the jolloff rice chronicles... Very few people know, but I'm a jolloff rice snob. Mine is extraordinary. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Well written piece by Gbemidepo Popoola in @premiumtimes.bsky.social about the tragic death of Finidi George's youngest brother in 1995: "He was rushed to a nearby Ibadan hospital. But what followed exposed a tragedy larger than one boy." www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/footb...
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September 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Well written piece by Gbemidepo Popoola in @premiumtimes.bsky.social about the tragic death of Finidi George's youngest brother in 1995: "He was rushed to a nearby Ibadan hospital. But what followed exposed a tragedy larger than one boy." www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/footb...
One brother lifted the Champions League; the other died on a stadium road because a hospital could not provide water. 30 years ago a stray bullet hit the spine of Igeniwari George, a promising Nigerian footballer. Then Nigeria's systemic failures killed him. www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/footb...
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September 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
One brother lifted the Champions League; the other died on a stadium road because a hospital could not provide water. 30 years ago a stray bullet hit the spine of Igeniwari George, a promising Nigerian footballer. Then Nigeria's systemic failures killed him. www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/footb...
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In Nederlandse geschiedenisboeken komt hij amper voor, maar in Suriname is hij een held: Boni, de vrijheidsstrijder die zich verzette tegen de Nederlandse kolonisator. In haar boek Boni, dat vanmiddag de PrinsjesBoekenprijs 2025 kan winnen, gaat schrijver Tessa Leuwsha op zoek naar zijn verleden.
Schrijver Tessa Leuwsha: ‘Boni’s verzet is lang onder de mat gemoffeld’ - OneWorld
In Nederlandse geschiedenisboeken komt hij amper voor, maar in Suriname is Boni een held. Schrijver Tessa Leuwsha schreef een boek over de achttiende-eeuwse vrijheidsstrijder die zich vanuit het…
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September 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
In Nederlandse geschiedenisboeken komt hij amper voor, maar in Suriname is hij een held: Boni, de vrijheidsstrijder die zich verzette tegen de Nederlandse kolonisator. In haar boek Boni, dat vanmiddag de PrinsjesBoekenprijs 2025 kan winnen, gaat schrijver Tessa Leuwsha op zoek naar zijn verleden.
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It is a big gap in understanding to not be able to (at the very least) draw parallels between the logics of colonialism, fascism, apartheid and Jim Crow.
August 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It is a big gap in understanding to not be able to (at the very least) draw parallels between the logics of colonialism, fascism, apartheid and Jim Crow.
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Today is publication day for my new book,The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide, a fresh and deeply researched history of global politics at mid-century. Get your copy now!
August 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Today is publication day for my new book,The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide, a fresh and deeply researched history of global politics at mid-century. Get your copy now!
Great article by @senayboztas.bsky.social about what's really created the housing crisis in the Netherlands: the perks of the house possessing class and decades of neoliberal neglect of the social housing market. Pity it isn't in a Dutch paper. | @theguardian.com
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Amsterdam’s squatter wars are back – and wealthy Dutch homeowners have only themselves to blame | Senay Boztas
Those already on the property ladder are fuelling a shameful disparity. Until they wake up, the krakers will keep coming, says journalist Senay Boztas
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August 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Great article by @senayboztas.bsky.social about what's really created the housing crisis in the Netherlands: the perks of the house possessing class and decades of neoliberal neglect of the social housing market. Pity it isn't in a Dutch paper. | @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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