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Prehistoric rock paintings are found in every area of the continent. Huge areas of South Afrika, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya and Algeria contain these markings of our ancestors and which have been assigned back to at least 15,000 B.C.E; the finds at Tassili Plateau dates back to at least 30,000 years. From the early period down through the ages… Read more

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Historically Scarification/Body Markings have been a long standing practice that has played a significant role in cultural consciousness and community building among Afrikan societies. Early images at Tassili in the Sahara between roughly 8000 and 5000 B.C is one example (pictured below) which show markings that appear to… Read more

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In Nigeria, a number of Ife Terra-Cotta copper sculptures (ca.1100 A.D pictured below) and Owo Terra-cottas (ca.1400 A.D) depict also elaborate scarification patterns, some closely resembling 19th and 20th such as the Yoruba marks.

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Ancestors Story (Ancient San Rock Paintings at Cederberg Mountains, Cape Town, South Afrika).