What Does The Word Akata Mean?

I just recently came across a post on Threads about how black Americans find this word offensive. Growing up in the 90s when I heard folks use the word, they made reference to it as merely a Nigerian born abroad, with no derogatory intent. I could be wrong though - so please, I will like to be educated on this.


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