ABUJA—During another episode of her hit show, Abagbe Kanu, known by most as the “Martha Stewart of Nigeria,” demonstrated the steps in constructing a beautiful flower pot out of a skull, an item common in the region that has been plagued by near-continual sectarian violence and horrific violations of human rights.

Kanu, who inspires weekly viewers with her creative and inventive uses of everyday items, like handbags made from the amputated limbs of war-torn citizens and bird houses out of rubble from nearby razed villages, has been producing her show for almost two years.

“People tune in every week to see how to make beautiful crafts and delicious meals,” said Kanu as she put the final touches on a centerpiece for the patch of floor in her hut that her family eats on. “There’s nothing that can’t be transformed into a masterpiece.”

“Tomorrow, I’ll be teaching viewers how to make placemats woven from scraps of your child’s old army uniform,” added Kanu.

In her most recent episode, Kanu taught viewers how to make fun scrapbooks from all the wacky memories they have of the years of civil unrest, war, and the government’s gross violations of human rights and dignity through various incendiary and unmentionable acts.

“Look at the cute puppy dog border I put around this photo of mass graves,” said Kanu. “I like to think of scrap-booking as a way to recreate and relive memories—and since most of the memories in this country are extraordinarily tragic and difficult to overcome, creative borders and shiny stickers are vital.”

Kanu then placed five stickers in the shape of exclamation marks next to a photo of the time when mercenaries pillaged her village using assault rifles and massacred everyone not quick enough to escape.

Many of Kanu’s most popular segments involve food preparation, as most African families subsist off meager rations and are always looking for new ways to spice up their meals.

“One of my favorite meals to make is salty rice with a nice grass garnish,” said Kanu. “There’s something about eating salty rice with grass that brings me right back to my youth, and I think my viewers can really relate to that feeling.”

Some of Kanu’s other famous dishes include mashed bean curds topped with the ashes of desecrated crops and rodents smothered in cream of insect.

“The best thing she’s ever made was a mud-water cocktail,” said frequent viewer of the show, Sadiki Gethii. “I spent hours and hours digging up mud water behind my house after she made that recipe.”

“Let me tell you something,” added Gethii. “You haven’t seen drunk until you’ve seen me with about seven or eight mud-water cocktails in me.”