Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Fashion: Yevu
Posted on 05:54 by kumar
"Yevu is the word for white person or foreigner in Ewe, the language of the Volta region in Ghana. I’ve been told that it directly translates to ‘crafty dog’, which is apparently a reference to the ‘crafty’ nature of white people in their early trade and dealings with the Ewe people, and their tendency to get snappy when they were angry, like dogs do. I don’t know how true
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