Takum is a slang word used among migrants in Libya. It’s not Arabic or English or Hausa or any other language; it’s part of the unique jargon that forms when you have people from so many different parts of the world come together in one place. It means someone who belongs to Libya’s class of somewhat well-established Black people, migrants who have been in the country for a few years. The opposite of a Takum is an abba fresh, a Black migrant who only recently arrived, with no money and no connections.
