What is the real meaning of the word 'OBRONI' ?

[obibini]

I thought I shd share this info with fellow forummers and also see ur thoughts.
Most twi/akan speakers when asked what the word 'OBRONI' means would say it means whiteman.Close analysis however will reveal that it refers to the whiteman but does not mean whiteman(note the difference).
whiteman in twi will go s'thing like 'BERIMA FITAA' or 'BERIMA KOKOO' .
I spoke to this elderly man who broke down the word for me telling me that most of the names Africans give have meanings and are usually gven based on x'ter,appearance,etc
The original words 'ABRO NI' or 'ABRO FUOR' meaning wicked person/people or someone who harms u have been corrupted to the present 'ABRONI' & 'ABROFO' wch have lost their true meanings.
Interestingly the GAs call the whiteman 'ABLOFONYO' wch originally was 'ABLO FO NYO' or 'ABLO FO TSERME' wch also means wicked person/people.In GA when s'one says 'MA YE BO ABLO' or in Twi 'ME DI WO ABRO' ,it means I will harm u.Whiteman in GA shd go s'thing like 'NU YEN' .
In EWE the whiteman is called 'YEVU' wch is a corruption of 'AYEVU' wch means cunning dog.A dog wch pretends to be ur friend but eventually bites u. White/red man in EWE shd go s'thing like 'NUTSU BIA' .
In hausa,the whiteman is called 'BATURI' wch Im told is not a good word.In another northern language/arab ' NASARA' wch is a corruption of 'ASARA' wch means killer.In swahili 'MUSUNGU' wch means a cunning/deceiptful person.The Nigerian 'OYIBO' I am told is not a good word either.I am sure our forebearers must have given them those names based on the behaviour of the whiteman.Their history of pillaging,murder,theft and destruction make these very deserving names for them!
I would appreciate it if forummers could express their thoughts and make some contributions wch they make have.

[Q' lypse]

EEhhhhhhheeiiiiii!!!!!!! Asem ni? These things are right before our eyes but we can't see it.

Charley Obibini, thanks a lot. Thanks a lot. I don't think I have much to say at the moment but I will probably come up with something. Damn brother!

[Ekelksupa™]

This ish is crazy
But Obibini since you are able to xplain the
meaning of Obroni, why don't u do justice
in explaining OBIBINI?

[Obroni]

I suppose I should know as it's my name!

Never heard anything about it being a translation of 'evil person'

I was under the impression that 'Boro' means 'the horizon', therefore A-boro-kyire means land beyond/behind the horizon, and O-boro-ni is someone who is from those lands.

It certainly doesn't mean whiteman literally, but being a white man in Ghana you are, obviously, an obroni. I worked with a black American who everybody referred to as 'Obroni Tuntum'.

Lots of whites I knew in Ghana got pissed off about being called 'Obroni' everywhere they went and said it was racism. I don't believe that- it's just a greeting. It's certainly nothing as bad as the whiteman's use of that terrible word 'Nigger'

If they didn't like it, I always told them to respect the country they're in and learn something in the local language like "Me pa wo kyew, ye nfre obroni, ye fre me......"

[el Padrino]

I suppose I should know as it's my name!

Never heard anything about it being a translation of 'evil person'

I was under the impression that 'Boro' means 'the horizon', therefore A-boro-kyire means land beyond/behind the horizon, and O-boro-ni is someone who is from those lands.

It certainly doesn't mean whiteman literally, but being a white man in Ghana you are, obviously, an obroni. I worked with a black American who everybody referred to as 'Obroni Tuntum'.

Lots of whites I knew in Ghana got pissed off about being called 'Obroni' everywhere they went and said it was racism. I don't believe that- it's just a greeting. It's certainly nothing as bad as the whiteman's use of that terrible word 'Nigger'

If they didn't like it, I always told them to respect the country they're in and learn something in the local language like "Me pa wo kyew, ye nfre obroni, ye fre me......"

Yeh this makes more sense. Why we always gotta be fighting white people anyways? Then we complain when a black person is a victim of racism?

btw some one wanna answer Apus' question?

[Kel$]

wow...Our forefathers were trying to warn us about something...I wonder what???

[KD]

wow...Our forefathers were trying to warn us about something...I wonder what???

You dey wonder?

They saw it, but some people sold us out.

[Succinct]

I suppose I should know as it's my name!

Never heard anything about it being a translation of 'evil person'

I was under the impression that 'Boro' means 'the horizon', therefore A-boro-kyire means land beyond/behind the horizon, and O-boro-ni is someone who is from those lands.

It certainly doesn't mean whiteman literally, but being a white man in Ghana you are, obviously, an obroni. I worked with a black American who everybody referred to as 'Obroni Tuntum'.

Lots of whites I knew in Ghana got pissed off about being called 'Obroni' everywhere they went and said it was racism. I don't believe that- it's just a greeting. It's certainly nothing as bad as the whiteman's use of that terrible word 'Nigger'

If they didn't like it, I always told them to respect the country they're in and learn something in the local language like "Me pa wo kyew, ye nfre obroni, ye fre me......"

yes, you are right in the sense that "oburoni" does not come with as much of the historical baggage as something like "nigger"...but apparently, it reflects certain attitudes among locals towards "white" people...and these attitudes are informed by a history of relations...i guess you could look at the other names that other ethnic groups use to refer to "whites" and discover a similar pattern....i actually opened a thread to that effect earlier today, and there were a lot of interesting revelations...in addition to some of what obibini has said above...

[Fremacious*]

wow...Our forefathers were trying to warn us about something...I wonder what???

You dey wonder?

They saw it, but some people sold us out.

Ibi so
Hmmm..... 3 y3 asem ooo

[the BALCK]

Those Western Devils

[KD]

I was asking about the whole Kwasida thing...if it's etymology is in fuul, then why are people called Kwesi/Kwasi? was it to simply extend the use of the day name thing or what?

@ Obroni, people calling African Americans obroni is simply an act of ignorance; they dont know how pisst they get when they are associated with the same people who have screwed them for centuries...it's all ignorance, just klike some Ghanaians born and bred abroad are called obroni when they return, or even half castes are called 'disappointed whites'

And for those whites who think obroni is on the same level with the n word, they are simply dumb.

[Dos Equis]

something to do with corn?

[Q' lypse]

[thebalck1]

:D

YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN WHITE DEVILS

[Q' lypse]

:D

YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN WHITE DEVILS

Im not thinking the same way you are thinking?

[Mantash]

I met this Asanti dude who told me the meaning is beautiful, it is his daughter's name, Broni.

[Coach Prekese]

interesting.