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"I asked Kemi to tell me her understanding of what the “Naija mentality” is. She told me, “Basically don’t act like an ‘akata'"

"He told me growing up akata always had a negative connotation and referred to African Americans"
Sugar Hill - 1993

"We can't work with Akata"
"Akata. Akata. What is this Akata shit"
"Black American. Cotton picker"
"The mere use of the term akata, exemplifies the negative view that African immigrants hold of African Americans. This term describes African Americans as brutal wild animals, which is assumed to be
the opposite of the African immigrant."
corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/etd_all/663/
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