TEMIDIRE ALABI: THE SOCIETY AND TRIBAL MARKS. By Yusuf Balogun Gemini. The subject matter of tribal marks yet regarded as a cultural onus from the very onset has now been reduced to an object of derogation, degradation, bullying and self victimisation. The infliction of tribal marks has been an age long tradition primordially known unto the Yoruba and even if the present trend and advent of new ideas portray it as being a rather extreme attempt of barbarism, it doesn't stop the fact that the primary intention of those on whom it was afflicted was to further more buttress their beauty. Every single person I have met with tribal marks are undoubtedly beautiful and unique in all ramifications, isn't it even overwhelming that even foreigners take it upon themselves to sustain this act? It's however depressing that freedom more like an illusion in this society and tribal marked individuals are constantly being oppressed for being subjected to victimisation and bullying, es...
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