toubab

This is always an interesting time... but because it's a big market, people come from all over so you do hear "toubab" a little.

In the direction of my daydreams 2007

This is always an interesting time... but because it's a big market, people come from all over so you do hear "toubab" a little.

Archive 2007-02-01 2007

(Quaranta says, though, that the name offends a lot of Peace Corps volunteers who sometimes live a year or more in a country before villagers trade "toubab" for their given names.) "At that point, it was very natural to move to a drum set," Quaranta says, "and then our friend Dave Pransky picked up electric bass.

AltWeeklies.com Site Feed 2009

Why did I put up with the constant stares and frequent shouting of “toubab,” a West African reference to a person with my pigmentation?

Runners Jack Canfield 2010

Why did I put up with the constant stares and frequent shouting of “toubab,” a West African reference to a person with my pigmentation?

Runners Jack Canfield 2010

Meanwhile, five twentysomething guys in Asheville, North Carolina came out of the gate in 2005 as Toubab Krewe, toubab being a West African term for a white person.

Rock With A West African Twist 2008

Many volunteers HATE is and made a big deal about not being called toubab.

Archive 2007-02-01 2007

Nice bike ride, cool market, only a few "toubab!" squawks pointed in our direction.

In the direction of my daydreams 2007

They teased me a little, of course, but only in good fun and were laughing at me mainly b/c they're impressed that a toubab white person can speak Ollof.

In case you're interested... Adam Horowitz 2007

Once, when I was in another bigger village (touristy) for a workshop, some girls were hanging around, saying "toubab how are you what is your name" and I started talking to them in Woolof- they shrieked and giggled and then one grabbed my hand and said something wonderful (in Woolof) "You're not a toubab, you speak Woolof nice!"...

Archive 2007-02-01 2007