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The article claims to translate the Akan term for these clothes: > In Ghana, they call them “obroni wawu” — dead white man’s clothes. However, a language blog
by tetromino_ 5y ago
The article claims to translate the Akan term for these clothes:
> In Ghana, they call them “obroni wawu” — dead white man’s clothes.
However, a language blogger [1] suggests that "obroni" can refer to any foreigner from "beyond the horizon" - so presumably the term encompasses dead East Asian man's clothes too.
[1] http://languagehat.com/spruik-kayayei-obroni-wawu/ http://languagehat.com/spruik-kayayei-obroni-wawu/