Though Oye-Eboe might be a much older Igbo term that means foreign or different. Gloria Chuku suggested that Equiano's use of Oye-Eboe is not linked to oyibo, and that it is a reference to the generic term Onitsha and other more western Igbo people referred to other Igbo people.
Though Oye-Eboe might be an older Igbo term meaning "foreign" or different, Gloria Chuku argues that Equiano's use of it is not related to "oyibo," but instead refers to the general term "Onitsha" and how other more western Igbo people referred to other Igbo people.