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=enhttps://bsky.app/profile/femkevanzeijl.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/femkevanzeijl.bsky.social/post/3m7rrhwtbz22kWe asked who the Nigerian man in this picture was, taken on the market in Bergen, Norway. With help of Legacy1995.ng subscribers we found his offspring. In a heritage webinar on stockfish on Dec 18, a son of importer Alh. Ade Kasumu will share memories of his father. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/-4Se0_ZQQnqDno_mz7vWLg12 Dec 2025 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:igtapoj4c7mkwlpf2fpap2tx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7rrhwtbz22khttps://bsky.app/profile/femkevanzeijl.bsky.social/post/3m7rqnmzzt22kMany Nigerian dishes are unthinkable without stockfish and Nigerians are the world’s biggest consumers. But where does the dried cod come from and what’s the history behind it? Norwegian food writer Andreas Delsett about the ties between Norway and Nigeria: https://www.updates.legacy1995.ng/2025/12/11/legacy-anniversary-academic-webinar-torrfisk-stockfish-panla-the-tasty-ties-between-norway-and-nigeria/12 Dec 2025 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:igtapoj4c7mkwlpf2fpap2tx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7rqnmzzt22khttps://bsky.app/profile/femkevanzeijl.bsky.social/post/3m4seywnonc2sAnnoying 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. https://www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/bureau-buitenland/019a49a2-2c47-7138-a11f-c80b33a554b1/2025-11-03-trump-dreigt-met-militaire-actie-nigeria04 Nov 2025 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:igtapoj4c7mkwlpf2fpap2tx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4seywnonc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/femkevanzeijl.bsky.social/post/3m4fgt4q4zs23A 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." https://www.oneworld.nl/identiteit/saul-williams-interview/?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio&fbclid=PAT01DUANv8rNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABp8aB2aL8SnvScpRtAb0xYI6YGSL9Yizb_xyjfr3BROVMkw_ltb5lCPjf96r1_aem_bbDGADrF7TCV2_j8KtLd4Q30 Oct 2025 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:igtapoj4c7mkwlpf2fpap2tx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4fgt4q4zs23https://bsky.app/profile/femkevanzeijl.bsky.social/post/3m3r3afqgb22aLast 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? [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Oct 2025 05:07 +0000at://did:plc:igtapoj4c7mkwlpf2fpap2tx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3r3afqgb22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/femkevanzeijl.bsky.social/post/3lzvkrl6nt22vShe 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 https://www.oneworld.nl/mensenrechten/waarom-je-voortvluchtig-activist-assata-shakur-1947-moet-kennen/?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio&fbclid=PAT01DUANGDSJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABp_U5GTCHrfR39VKqCsonAlswsurFtm92C_JZBkJ5G2byKZaGQ5nOFliZCdeg_aem_IRAUeUibyjs6t4CQXlnEWQ28 Sep 2025 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:igtapoj4c7mkwlpf2fpap2tx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzvkrl6nt22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/femkevanzeijl.bsky.social/post/3lzjmwanfh22w"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 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/29/the-art-of-the-impersonal-essay23 Sep 2025 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:igtapoj4c7mkwlpf2fpap2tx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzjmwanfh22whttps://bsky.app/profile/femkevanzeijl.bsky.social/post/3lz6licxcm22lRarely 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." https://www.oneworld.nl/identiteit/tessa-leuwsha-boni-interview/ https://www.oneworld.nl/identiteit/tessa-leuwsha-boni-interview/?utm_source=OneWorld+nieuwsbrieven&utm_campaign=b60a7217b4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_02_07_08_54_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_30126d7d06-b60a7217b4-950863319 Sep 2025 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:igtapoj4c7mkwlpf2fpap2tx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz6licxcm22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/femkevanzeijl.bsky.social/post/3lyphjwktzs2lWell 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." https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/football/820769-igeniwari-george-30-years-on-remembering-the-nigerian-teenage-footballer-killed-by-a-mysterious-bullet.html?tztc=113 Sep 2025 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:igtapoj4c7mkwlpf2fpap2tx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyphjwktzs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/femkevanzeijl.bsky.social/post/3lypgykuqos2lOne 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. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/football/820769-igeniwari-george-30-years-on-remembering-the-nigerian-teenage-footballer-killed-by-a-mysterious-bullet.html?tztc=113 Sep 2025 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:igtapoj4c7mkwlpf2fpap2tx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lypgykuqos2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/femkevanzeijl.bsky.social/post/3lxbxnayztc2iGreat 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 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/26/amsterdam-dutch-squatter-wars-homeowners-property26 Aug 2025 07:12 +0000at://did:plc:igtapoj4c7mkwlpf2fpap2tx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxbxnayztc2i