Oyinbo
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oyinbo-162-11058421
title:
Oyinbo
text:
Oyinbo is a Yoruba word used to refer to white people. Similarly, oyibo is an Igbo word used to refer to white people. In the 1470s, the first Portuguese birth occurred in Eko, in Yorubaland, later called Lagos. The word was first used by the Yoruba to describe the Portuguese. It would later extend to all Europeans. Many years later, the word became used for anyone influenced by European tradition, customs, and culture, especially once-enslaved returnees. Oyinbo is generally used to refer to a p
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encyclopedia
description:
Yoruba term for Europeans and people with fair skin/foreigners to Nigeria.
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyinbo
date created:
2006-08-28T08:43:47Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T21:04:48Z
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