Some of the most popular search keywords on Google over the last 48 hours are:
- What is the meaning of akata?
- what is the meaning of akata in yoruba?
- what is the meaning of akata in igbo language?
- what is the meaning of akata in english?
You may be wondering why people are looking for the meaning, or you may have even visited this blog to learn more about it.
Despite the fact that the term was first used in the early 1970s, let’s speak about the recent events that caused it to trend on social media.
If you use Twitter, you are surely familiar with a woman by the name of Uju Anya, who wished the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, a miserable demise.
As a result, Uju became popular around the world and attracted criticism from a number of people, including one of the world’s richest people, Jeff Bezos.
However, it was revealed that she had used the term “akata” to refer to African Americans on Twitter in the past. which has led to everything getting worse, and now African-Americans have signed a petition for Carnegie Mellon University to take action against her actions.
The word “Akata,” which Uju Anya tweeted, was described by the Foundational Black American students as a racial slur.
What is Akata?
The term “akata” can be translated in a variety of ways, which are all listed below.
The word “akatá” is thought to have originated among the Yoruba people of Nigeria in West Africa. Similar to the names oyibo and oyinbo that Nigerians use for white people, the term is used by Nigerians and other West Africans to denigrate black people in the United States.
A person with a poor sense of fashion is referred to as “Akata” in Ghana.
Akata is a term used to describe someone who has abandoned one aspect of their culture and entered another. It is directed at African-Americans and those Africans who left their home countries to adopt American culture.
Is akata a racial slur?
The word Akata it’s like calling white people “oyinbo” in Yoruba language; it’s not a slur unless someone makes it one.
As a Nigerian who lives abroad, most of my friends call me and start conversation with “Akata, how far?”
