Please i always get confused when i see this picture on some topics with the tag "Afonja"

Whats the meaning and what is afonja.

A potential conc. tribalist spotted

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Afonjas used to refer the to the Yorubas
by latino ibos.

Welcome to nairaland

This is so ugly chai!

Thank God I escaped it.

I no know which kyn yeye school you go sef

Those parallel lines you see there are longitude and latitude lines, and 'afonja' means 'equator' in Vietnamese; so those lines crisscrossed the equator and that is the meaning which you seek.

FortifiedCity:
A potential conc. tribalist spotted

Pls what do u mean?

Something is telling me not to comment

sinaj:
This is so ugly chai!
Thank God I escaped it.

MhizzAJ:
Something is telling me not to comment

Prety lady Do u know the meaning?

Why is anybody not saying something reasonable about this
Im still confused

u are looking fir trouble, may u see the trouble with special whip soaked in acid water..Afonja are warruor.We like our tribal mark.In those good old days,it is for identification. I always see a pic of a adult licking one hunches back terrorist.Abeg,where is dat lunatic man

Lol are u for real?..
How did they come abt with those names

ipobarecriminals:
u are looking fir trouble, may u see the trouble with special whip soaked in acid water..Afonja are warruor.We like our tribal mark.In those good old days,it is for identification. I always see a pic of a adult licking one hunches back terrorist.Abeg,where is dat lunatic man

you like this?

sinaj:
This is so ugly chai!
Thank God I escaped it.

Lol

But e go fine for your face nah

That's how Yorubas use to identify their brothers
Every family get df style of tribal marks

BinaryLord:

Lol are u for real?..
How did they come abt with those names

Afonja was a yoruba war lord in the ancient times who sold out his people to the fulani's.
So here on nairaland "afonja" is just a synonymous term for a betrayer or a weak fellow.
Igbos or Igbos refer to the shape of the ibos head-unusually flat!
So there you have it.
Note sha that these terms are only for tribal bigots here on nl.

SOME OF YOU KIDS DO NOT KNOW WHERE AFONJA ORIGINATED FROM. AFONJA ORIGINATED FROM KWARA,ILORIN ASKED YOUR FATHER ABOUT THE STORY IN 18S

Chai, but that man looks hideous. He looks like a demon that escaped from hades.

sinaj:
This is so ugly chai!
Thank God I escaped it.

are You Yoruba?

DeadRat:
are You Yoruba?

is not only Yoruba nau.

Adaumunocha:
3 horizontal lines divided by 4 vertical lines...

I bet you know the difference between horizontal and vertical lines

Adaumunocha:
3 horizontal lines divided by 4 vertical lines...

U need to go back to school to know d meaning of horizontal and vertical

sinaj:
This is so ugly chai!
Thank God I escaped it.

What do you mean you escaped it

Tajbol4splend:



What do you mean you escaped it

I almost had it

NoFavors:
you like this?

Horrible and naivety

sinaj:
I almost had it

Okay, but how did u know u almost had it

Tajbol4splend:



Okay, but how did u know u almost had it

I have older ones around.

sinaj:
I have older ones around.

You are very lucky if your elder siblings have it, it was your turn they thought it wasn't right,

Tajbol4splend:



You are very lucky if your elder siblings have it, it was your turn they thought it wasn't right,

they dont have it either.

sinaj:
they dont have it either.

They told you I guess