Open GLAM Africa (OGA)

Connecting Africans to Gallery, Libraries, Archives & Museums and Its Advocacy.

[Open GLAM Africa (OGA) @glam_open]

NGN with over 500 indigenous languages representing 25% of the entire languages in Africa is facing a severe language endangerment. An attempt to ascertain the health & vitality of its languages is here !
Kindly fill out the link below to safe a language.
https://t.co/8YayLdjhFR

[Open GLAM Africa (OGA) @glam_open]

...in Africa. However,eating the fresh leaves themselves is hard on the stomach. Consuming a high amount of the leaves may be toxic as they contain Nicotine as the primary alkaloid #wikimedia #medicinal #herbal

[Open GLAM Africa (OGA) @glam_open]

Tobacco leaf(Ewe Tábà)with botanical name Nicotiana tabacum is an annual herb of tropical origin that has been used medicinal for centuries. Fresh leaves are used to help relieve headache &also placed externally over boils and wounds. Dried leaves are used to help with sores...

[Chris @only1topboyy]

I just found out that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu never had any National Honour.

No MON,
No CFR,
No CON

Straight to GCFR!!

[Wiki4NaijaWomen @wiki4naijawomen]

Ladi Kwali OON, MBE was a famous Nigerian potter who was renowned for her mastery of traditional techniques such as coiling and burnishing. She was born in Kwali, the Gwari region of Northern Nigeria in 1925 and died on 12 August 1984.

#ladikwali #w4nw #cbn #CBNNigeria

[Wikimedia User Group Nigeria @WikimediaNG]

Did you know that Lake Bosumtwi is the only natural #lake in #Ghana? Located in the Ashanti Region, this beautiful lake is estimated to be around 1.07 million years old and is considered a sacred site by the #Ashanti people.

📷 Stig Nygaard, License: CC-BY-SA 2.0
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[Wiki4NaijaWomen @wiki4naijawomen]

This week on our contemporary women highlight is @NancyIsime. She is a Nigerian actress, a model and a media personality.

Read more about her: https://t.co/MshEpsxLQR

#contemporarynigerianwomen #nancyisime #wugn

[Open GLAM Africa (OGA) @glam_open]

"Chasmanthera dependes" is a medicinal plant from West Tropical #Africa called Ewé Àtó in #Yoruba. It is famous for its effect as a painkiller, managing fractures, rheumatism, and arthritis, and treating many venereal diseases. What do you call it in your dialect? #Wikipédia #

[Open GLAM Africa (OGA) @glam_open]

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[Open GLAM Africa (OGA) @glam_open]

Tree Spinach(Èfó ìyànàpájà),https://t.co/7f9QcBcAn4;Jatropha tanjorensis,a tropical plant eaten as https://t.co/Gkph74kXTs southern Nig.Useful for anti-diabetic,-bacterial,-malarial,-inflammatory https://t.co/p5tFvBXeoY treats cardio diseases.Has many akas like"hospital too far".

[Open GLAM Africa (OGA) @glam_open]

Do you know what this leaf is called in your dialect?Acalypha wilkesiana (Ewé èélá).Valid for treating skin problems due to its known antimicrobial,antifungal properties.Leaves are eaten as vegs. in the management of HT for their diuretic effect.Kindly share your knowledge of it!

[Open GLAM Africa (OGA) @glam_open]

Do you know what this leaf is called in your dialect?Acalypha wilkesiana (Ewé èélá).Valid for treating skin problems due to its known antimicrobial,antifungal properties.Leaves are eaten as vegs. in the management of HT for their diuretic effect.Kindly share your knowledge of it!

[Open GLAM Africa (OGA) @glam_open]

@wikimediaigbo @Wikimediaha @WWH_UG

[Open GLAM Africa (OGA) @glam_open]

Ewe Asunwon with botanical name Cassia alata is widely known to be useful in fertility treatment. Do you know of its other medicinal benefits? Kindly comment below👇. Also kindly let us know what it's called in your dialect

[Open GLAM Africa (OGA) @glam_open]

Ewe Asunwon with botanical name Cassia alata is widely known to be useful in fertility treatment. Do you know of its other medicinal benefits? Kindly comment below👇. Also kindly let us know what it's called in your dialect

[Open GLAM Africa (OGA) @glam_open]

How much traditional medicine did you know?

[Yoruba Wikimedians User Group @Wikimediayo]

WikiGap Yoruba Contest is ongoing. Help Yoruba @Wikipedia to bridge gender gap on Yoruba Wikipedia and win amazing prizes. Here are list of articles that are missing on Yoruba Wikipedia. 
https://t.co/yJJs7w5GeR

[Yoruba Wikimedians User Group @Wikimediayo]

The @Wikimediayo celebrate @juliusijidola, a new editor who goes by the username CatLover1. Julius is the Yoruba Wikipedia Editor of the Week for his tireless contributions to the Yoruba Wikipedia. He the community via the "contribute to Wikipedia in your language project".

[Wikimedia Foundation @Wikimedia]

Join us to for the 4th edition of #WikiLovesFolklore as we celebrate the world's rich traditions and culture. Learn how to join the annual photo contest running through 31 March: https://t.co/c3oTkIJvcR

📷 Herbert Kikoy, (CC-BY-SA 4.0), 2nd place winner of @WikiFolklore 2021

[Wikimedia User Group Nigeria @WikimediaNG]

OFFICIAL!!!

Join us to welcome a new baby into the Wikimedia Fan Club's family of @WikimediaNG

We congratulate every individuals involved in the completion of the registration process of the club @kwarauniversity

WE'RE BECOMING BIGGER!!!

[Olatunde Isaac @Official_Isaaco]

The international photography contest, @WikiFolklore 2022 has started & the @Wikimediayo is coordinating the contest in Nigeria and offering national prizes in addition to the international prizes. The contest will run from 1st of Feb. to 28th Feb. 2022
https://t.co/nT9ZgjBKBP