If a black person living in America is called a black american. What do you call a white person living in Nigeria?

in #general5 years ago

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As a Nigerian, most of us do believe white people in our country should be named uniquely because of their unique skin colour and the lovely things we do hear about their country when compared to ours. We do call them "Oyinbo". Oyinbo is a Yoruba word meaning light (white) skinned people.

The word oyinbo isn't an insulting or abusive word. The word is used for people with a very light skin just like the white. This is why when a Nigerian travels to abroad or a white man's country, the Yoruba people will always say such person has traveled to "ilu oyinbo". We don't type encourage racism in my country and I can assure you that most outsiders always find Nigeria very lovely and cool.

Thanks for reading and I hope this helps.

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Thats a lovely answer. In Thailand the word 'ferang' is similarly used to describe a light skinned foreigner.

Wow! That's very nice.. I love that word "ferang"

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