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Can Someone Tell Me What Caused Africans To Cease Body Art? Now Only Few Culture by hmboni: 7:44pm On Dec 15, 2014
http://www.myafricanow.com/13-powerful-portraits-africas-scarred-faces/

ana Choumali’s breath taking photo series “The Last Generation” captures the social practice of scarification in Africa – the act of scarring one’s face as a cultural tradition.

http://www.myafricanow.com/13-powerful-portraits-africas-scarred-faces/
Re: Can Someone Tell Me What Caused Africans To Cease Body Art? Now Only Few Culture by Gmajor(m): 7:53pm On Dec 15, 2014
truth be told most of those pics are unsightly n worse the bearer of the scars has no say in wether he/she wants it or not
Re: Can Someone Tell Me What Caused Africans To Cease Body Art? Now Only Few Culture by Nobody: 3:55pm On Dec 18, 2014
hmboni:
http://www.myafricanow.com/13-powerful-portraits-africas-scarred-faces/

ana Choumali’s breath taking photo series “The Last Generation” captures the social practice of scarification in Africa – the act of scarring one’s face as a cultural tradition.

http://www.myafricanow.com/13-powerful-portraits-africas-scarred-faces/
A combination of many things. Westernization of African cultures, Christianity, migration into urban areas and the breakdown of the African social system, change in perception of beauty...

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