No matter where you go here, you hear the same greeting – “Oyibo!”. Which means “white person!”. It’s said in such a friendly way, almost with a touch of surprise… and I guess it is… there’s not that many expats wandering the local markets like we do. “Oyibo” translated literally means “peeled one”… as in, our normal black coloured skin has been peeled off…. as one Nigerian put it, ‘people are not supposed to be that colour!’
Our Indian friend gets the same reaction - except hers is 'Yellow oyibo!' Classic.
PC? I think not.
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