(fo is the plural form of nyi). There is another theory that oborɔnyi (and its plural form "aborɔfo") and derived from the similarly sounding phrase abrɔ nipa ("abrɔ" meaning "wicked" and "nipa" meaning person) for singular and abrɔfoɔ (meaning wicked people). In place of "wicked", it could also mean "trickster", "one who frustrates" or "one who cannot be trusted". Many believe this to be the case considering the deeds of White people in Ghana in the 17th-19th centuries, but present-day Ghanaians don't have this in mind when they call someone "oborɔnyi" (even though they might know that this is how the term came about). Related In Central and West Africa among either Mandé, Wolof speakers, and Francophone Africans, the name for a person of European descent is Toubab or tubabu, this is also true of the pockets of Mande speakers in northern and northwestern Ghana. Initially among the Yoruba, and subsequently in casual speech in a number of other languages in Nigeria, the word used for a "white" person is Oyinbo. See also Akan language Akan languages Twi References Ghanaian culture