 Hence, "Oyinbo" literally translates to "the man with a peeled off skin".Other variations of the term in Yoruba language include Eyinbo, which is usually shorted as "Eebo".Oyinbo is also used in reference to people who are foreign or Europeanised, including Saros in the Igbo towns of Port Harcourt, Onitsha and Enugu in the late 19th and early 20th century.