Kmtyw words for White People-gctid149387

[Ohemaa Yaa]

What are some terms in Kmtyw languages (along with meanings) used to describe people of eureurasiaan descent? I am beginning to notice some patterns.

In Kemet, White people were called Tamahu. I have read meaning 'children of set' and 'devil children' or created ones.The TAMAHU are light-complexioned people. In Egyptian, TAMA means people, and created. HU is white, light, ivory. The TAMAHU are the 'Created white' people.
Read more: http://egyptsearchreloaded.proboards.com/thread/564/tema-hu-mean#ixzz3Yidz0oF7

Yurugu, described in Dogon mythology, by the people of Mali, in West Kmt, as incomplete, in search of the secrets of AMMA (the creative principle) of which he wants to "gain possession." Acting with anxiety and impatience, and aggressiveness, he is incessantly restless. Yurugu is responsible for disorder in the universe. This being conceived in denial of the natural order, then acts to initiate and promote disharmony in the universe. In Kmtyw Cosmology such a being is deficient in spiritual sensibility, is perpetually in conflict, is limited cognitively, and is threatening to the well being of humanity.

Who is Yurugu? - Marimba Ani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMpkruYty4I

ABURONI is a word for White people in Akan Twi. I have read that ABURONI is:
"The term and is generally used to refer to eureurasiaans or white people and their language(s), particularly, English. The concept of oburoni (buro—lagoon; ni—suffix for person) refers to a "lagoon person" and the concept of aburokyire ("the place behind or in back of the lagoon") represented a foreign world, thus, both terms were applied to eureurasiaans who encountered the Akan at the lagoon or at mpoano ("the mouth of the ocean") from the 15th century onward. The concept of ( —the act of sabotage; —those who) denotes ill character or an abhorrent nature, and though this concept is linguistically distinct from oburoni (due to vowel harmony rules), it was nonetheless applied to eureurasiaans as "wicked saboteurs," and the root word was used for eureurasiaans in Jean Barbot's 1680 West Kmtyw vocabulary."
From KWASI KONADO'S BOOK on Akan Diaspora

And the Ewe term for White people is 'Ayevu,' meaning 'Trickish dog'.

In Fanti they are called 'Bonini', meaning 'sinful man'.

Kmtyw and eureurasiaan relations:
http://diaryofanegress.com/2013/02/26/nosferatu-2/

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

The Akan should be oburoni. There's no such thing as "aburoni"

[Mani Kongo]

Ohemaa Yaa;149387 wrote: What are some terms in Kmtyw languages (along with meanings) used to describe people of eureurasiaan descent? I am beginning to notice some patterns.

In Lingala the word is mondele (or mundele), the plural form being mindele. The word used for the color white is mpembe.

The origin of the word is attributed to the Bobangi language where the root ndele appears both in mondele and in ndelengene  which means to be insincere, to be a hypocrite:

http://books.google.be/books?id=JvPV3CDrFsYC&pg=PA77&dq=%22mondele%22#v=onepage&q=%22mondele%22&f=false

[Agya Kwaku]

Appropriate words for the eureurasiaan/kkkraker

[Tenkamenin]

Knowing full well that they were/are insincere, we still allowed them to brainwash us in there school system, stagnating our spirit.

[Ohemaa Yaa]

#WhiteHistoryMonth: Obroni, a HistoryMarch 2, 2015



To kick off White History Month 2015, we have a special inaugural post from Wanlov the Kubolor!
Most Ghanaian parents know the origin of the word "obroni," but felt it wiser not to tell us.
One day we will realise how stupid how parents were. It will be too late then.
This relatively new Akan word is about a century old in a language that is about a thounited snakesnd years old.
If you are of a slightly fairer complexion than the average Ghanaian you may be called it quite often, with unmissable gain in frequency soon as your environment becomes more rural. You may also be called "obroni" if you are darker than the average Ghanaian, highlighting the sarcastic side of the Ghanaian.
We have come to accept "obroni" as meaning "white person" or "foreigner", but the etymology of the word stems from the Akan phrase "abro nipa" meaning "wicked person" which is what our ancestors generally called eureurasiaans based on their general behaviour back then. For those sticking to the "abro akyi" theory (behind the corn) you are doing your own people a disservice assuming we did not already know what was behind the corn we had planted. Did we not know of the ocean? What didn't "nsuo akyi" (behind the water) or "nsuo no so" (on the water) creating the name "nsuoni" (water person)? The Akan word for the colour white is "fitaa" so eureurasiaans would have been called "fitaani" (white people) if our ancestors could bring themselves to naming invaders who disturbed us so deeply on as shallow a whim as just their external colour. Not to mention a colour which would accurately have been red most of the time from the heat, dodged mosquito self slaps and flustering from seeing "naked" people.
If you know much about the importance Kmtyws attribute to naming, you will know we rarely name someone by their appearance as opposed to their character, ability, or trait. Most of our ancestors saw our people suffer at the hands of eureurasiaans, so they named them according to their general behaviour so that we would also be cautious of them. The Ewe call the eureurasiaan "Ayivu" which means "tricky dog" because they figured out the eureurasiaan's plan, and were not as infiltrated as others like the coastal Ga who call eureurasiaans "blofonyo" which means "executioner" because of the the number of rebellious Kmtyws that were constantly being beheaded, shot, or hanged by eureurasiaans along the Ga coast. Yes my Ga peers, "blofonyo" means executioner like "obrafuor" in Twi.
Yes not all eureurasiaans are evil, like not all Kmtyws are kind. But, if our parents had any sense they would have handed down this information so we do not close our eyes and open our arms, mouth, and legs wide when welcoming Jesus and his pedophile priests/nuns, Santa Claus, NGO volunteers, IMF... you get my drift. So tell your children, parents & peers that next time they see a eureurasiaan or foreigner they should ask them their name and call them by that. But most importantly, tell them why.

http://Kmtsacountry.com/whitehistorymonth-obroni-a-history/
 @Obadele Kambon, medaase paa. Na mekaa sɛ ɛbia 'aburoni' yɛ spelling foforo...mahunu 'obroni', 'oburoni', ne 'aburoni' nansa yia. Medaase biom!

[KwameD]

A word for whites that I came across while in East Kmt is "Muzungu/Mzungu", which I believe is a Swahili word for "white person"? The plural I believe, is "Wazungu".

[Ohemaa Yaa]

KwameD;150151 wrote: A word for whites that I came across while in East Kmt is "Muzungu/Mzungu", which I believe is a Swahili word for "white person"? The plural I believe, is "Wazungu".

Thanks for sharing. According to Google, Mzungu is the southern, central and eastern Kmtyw term for a person of foreign descent. Literally translated it means “someone who roams around aimlessly” or “aimless wanderer” (from the Swahili and Ganda words).