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Re: End Of An Era: The Last Generation Of Nigeria's Facial Scars (Pictures) by NaijaDonCast(m): 10:17am On Jun 04, 2022
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OgogoroFreak:
I used to think they fought with lion.
Re: End Of An Era: The Last Generation Of Nigeria's Facial Scars (Pictures) by omohayek: 7:21pm On Jun 07, 2022
Bobbiee:
The Igbos rid them selves of this barbaric practice as early as the 19th century. But the yorubas continued till present day
A self-aggrandizing lie. Here's a photo of one Igbo practitioner from 1921, courtesy of G.T. Basden's "Among the Ibos of Nigeria".

And here's another from the 20th century. See the source article at

https://www.legit.ng/1175406-igbo-tribal-marks-meaning.html

At the bottom is yet a third example from 1911, courtesy of this page.

https://re-entanglements.net/ichi-scarification/

Note that all of these examples are far more prominent than any of the Yoruba "tiger marks" you and other trolls have been mocking.

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Re: End Of An Era: The Last Generation Of Nigeria's Facial Scars (Pictures) by omohayek: 7:30pm On Jun 07, 2022
Finally, for anyone wanting to pretend that all Igbos gave up the practice of "ichi" in the 1920s, here is a YouTube video from 2019 of an Igbo man with prominent "ichi" marks on his face, just like the ones above.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLARJZyTB40

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