SMH.

madapcmod:


Usu nwuru anwu. Rijuo nsi afo ebea. Asim nkita ekuke lachaa gi anya ebea. Akalagholi mmuo di ka ife eji achu aja.

Eke tigbuo gi na abali. Mpama!

Chinekee meee,Nwanne jiri nwayo biko, mere ya ebere.

If all these things should happen to him alone......kai

cummando:

*cummando with Gatling gun*
My very point exactly.... because I'm not even an afonja!!!! U just start the fight and without thinking retaliated....the very reason I can't stand u guys...isi aki oyinbo....if I catch u ehhn IMA pia Gan nti 10 times.in fact ama kua GI isi. check history.... all of Una be "ekukes" .... Ozuo!

Why then did u start the attack.....

Google translate won't help you.

If you ain't one you can't be one.

Omg! Wtf! Jeez! Forrking loonies! I think it could still be a bit redeemed if they use ointments that reduce scars.

This looks horrific, child abuse on the highest level
I can bet my ass the parents are following their so called pastor or imam's directions

warrah:

Why then did u start the attack.....
Google translate won't help you.
If you ain't one you can't be one.

owuya...at least I added to Una gene pool.lols

realglobe:
Indeed we have no business sharing the same country with all these people

mumu. who tie u down before abi who dey share country wit u. inshort na who u epp.

u dey claim relevance wen iporn neva knw u sef

upgraded fool. ode oshi

soberdrunk:
I dont know why Nigerians are always very quick to condemn our "traditional ways" but are very willing to swallow "foreign" ways hook, line and sinker......

I ll wait for the day u do this to your baby all in the name of tradition.
And u think u can?
#tch

mercytripletz:


I ll wait for the day u do this to your baby all in the name of tradition.
And u think u can?
#tch

Yes i can! Am a strong supporter of "Tradition"......

I was almost weeping for the poor innocent child until I read ur post.

Thanks for making me laugh until I shed tears.

midolian:
What kind of wickedness is this biko? The innocent boy will now grow up to be called "owala" or "sanyeri"...He will now try hard to keep beards to cover the parts where the callous act has covered.. ...cute baes will now hav a thousand and one reasons to turn down his advances until he makes enough money to blind their eyes from seeing the horrible trademark..person no fit mess for where hin dey make dem no accuse am... lalasticlala, seun and some bloggers out there will still use this child to draw traffic to their sites.... CHAAI! This pikin don suffer!

Think about these pictures. Our culture is not bad and you people of today cannot demonise our culture. Tribal marks are for beauty and identity. This has now become outdated. However, being outdated does not translate to being devilish. I hate tribal marks because they now look horrible but that does not make tribal marks invention of the devil. You hate African tribal marks but your love the whiteman's tattoo, then you need to be cured of inferiority complex.

Richy4:
Did they just use this to swear that the kid will never move away from his community..What if he decide to travel abroad to reside....did they ever thought of that while doing this....He will keep explaining himself anywhere he went....what sort of problem is this?

Pray tell, darling, what is wrong with explaining himself anywhere he went ( if you meant foreign lands by that)? Imagine a tall, slim, dark beauty with tribal marks on her face on the streets of Aberdeen, or Madrid, or Dubai, or New York....all confident and earning money, and dating, and dining, and living, explaining to people, "oh this is who I am" in a quiet, non- earnest, not-trying-to-convince-anyone and assured manner. I do not see her talking plenty about tithes and weaves and bleaching...in fact, she has her natural hair . I am now drooling over this girl, I love her, even though I am straight . Okay, if male, I love him too...with his ankara top over jeans. (They both dress in contemporary Africa inspired attires to be full crushes of mine shaa)...I will stop now!!!

@ topic. i think it is only Yorubas who should decide what to do with this customary practice that I find hard to believe was created with the intent to disfigure people. Careful ethnographic studies would reveal the whys and hows of it, and the people involved would know this more than we ever would, and can bring about a change that is acceptable to them and geared in a positive direction. Eg, elimination or substitution or making it volitional on attainment of adulthood maybe? Done the last way, I actually would admire anyone who would mark themsekves like that....they can actually be beautiful (in a different way)....and seeing an adult who gets this done would tell me two things- that they have a unique sense of self expression/identity, and that pain is something they can handle (I shrink at the mere thought of a needle prick). It is of importance that changing this practice if from a contextual, traditional understanding and not cos it does not look like what Kim Kardashian would approve of . That way, it becomes embodied and true to Yorubas, others as a social construct.

It is very ethnocentric to jump in and curse and condemn the people who do this. ( even as I admit that I want to take that child far faaar away from all that, but I say this as an outsider.....I would not know why that face would be scarred but the mother who carried and birthed her had her reasons. I would very much like to understand why)
It would take me a loong time to explain this cos I find it hard to articulate my points...but, this does not mean I am wrong about it. I am ready to lay out my points though, should they be needed. In summary, we should be culturally relative.

I always figure that anthropology, history, global politics are (arguably) the most important and relevant courses and pathways for /to African self development and determination.

midolian:
What kind of wickedness is this biko? The innocent boy will now grow up to be called "owala" or "sanyeri"...He will now try hard to keep beards to cover the parts where the callous act has covered.. ...cute baes will now hav a thousand and one reasons to turn down his advances until he makes enough money to blind their eyes from seeing the horrible trademark..person no fit mess for where hin dey make dem no accuse am... lalasticlala, seun and some bloggers out there will still use this child to draw traffic to their sites.... CHAAI! This pikin don suffer!