Oyibo
Òyìnbó or "Oyibo" is a Yoruba word used to refer to white people. The word is popular in Nigeria among other groups as well in a number of minor variations. Òyìnbó is generally understood by most Nigerians and many Africans due to popularity of Nollywood and Nigerian pop culture.
The word is coined from the Yoruba translation of “peeled skin,” "lightened," or “skinless,” which translates “yin” – to scratch, and “bo” – to off/peel/lightened. the "O" starting the word "Òyìnbó" is a pronoun. Hence, "Òyìnbó" or “Oyibo” translates literally to "the person with a peeled-off or lightened skin". Other variations of the term in the Yoruba language include Eyinbo, which is shortened to "Eebo", as well as Oinbo, and Oyibo.
To identify Africans by their language groups, Sigismund Koelle documented how different Africans said specific terms in his 1854 study Polyglotta Africana. One such term was White Man. His Yoruba sources included people from Ọta, Ẹgba, Okun, Ijẹbu, Ifẹ, Ondo, Itsẹkiri, and more, while his Igbo sources were from areas such as Isuama, Ishielu, Agbaja, Aro, and Mbofia. The Igbo respondents consistently used the term Onyọcha for White Man. In contrast, all the Yoruba participants stated their term was Òyìnbó. These candid testimonies from the Igbo sources indicate that the term “oyinbo” or “oyibo” originated from the Yoruba and their neighboring groups.
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