Oburoni
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Oct 5, 2026
Claudia AnkrahSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[laughs] You know, family.
Claudia AnkrahSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You know, I've been called obroni from I don't even know when.
Claudia AnkrahSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Obroni is like, colloquially, it's like white woman, but it's essentially a way to say, like, "You are not of here, and we know that."
Leila DaySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ooh.
Hana BabaHOST
It was family.
Claudia AnkrahSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I remember most vividly it was my aunt, so my dad's older sister.
Claudia AnkrahSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
She was saying something about me being an obroni child, and like, I only know how to eat frogs [laughs] as a way to say like, you know, I'm bougie.
Claudia AnkrahSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[laughs] I'm a bougie child.
Claudia AnkrahSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ooh, yeah.
Claudia AnkrahSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[laughs] You know, family, you know, I've been called obroni from, I don't even know when.
Claudia AnkrahSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Obroni is like, colloquially, it's like white woman, but it's [laughs] essentially a way to say, like, "You are not of here, and we know that."
Leila DaySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[instrumental music plays] Ooh, ouch.
Leila DaySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's like being called mzungu in East Africa, right? Mm-hmm.