broni wawu

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Borrowed from Akan broni wawu (literally “white man is dead”).

Noun

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broni wawu (uncountable)

  1. (Ghana) second-hand clothing
    • 2008 September 19, Ato Kwamina Dadzie, “Ban 'broni wawu', face revolt”, in Modern Ghana‎[1]:
      This might be a problem for you bourgeois people who think 'broni wawu' is undignified apparel, and therefore, beneath you.
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