a look of shock appeared on her face seeing a middle-aged man probably a Masai with face full of scars. “Uncle, what happened to that man? Was he attacked by a gator?” “No, those are tribal scars.” ...

As I was writing this series on skin care, a reader kept calling me to ask about how to remove tribal ... Scars can be formed on the skin from accidents or diseases. Such scars on the face ...

Olatunbosun Damilola was given scars on her face by her parents when she was young. The practice is used in some parts of Nigeria, with the marks signifying the family's tribal or ethnic heritage.

For centuries in parts of Africa, such body-marking shows a person's tribal identity, which some believe connects them to their ancestors. These marks are made on the skin using stones ...

A drawing from a 1924 book on tribal markings in Africa. This kind of document is helping researchers understand the meaning behind the ritual scars on people who were enslaved. (Submitted by ...

He also had an insane killcount, even before he came face ... Many African tribes follow the scarification process. The Bodi, Toposa, and Surma tribes from Ethiopia, as well as the Nuer tribe ...

Yoruba tribal marks are traditional face scars of the Yoruba people in Nigeria, mainly in the southwest and were once worn with pride. In the olden days, these facial marks held a lot of cultural ...

The symbols are found frequently in the West African country of Ghana. The symbols are incorporated into face painting, fabrics, on interior wall designs and on pottery. Tribal art differs ...