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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 represent Scarification/Cicatrisation. This shows that scarification has long been practiced in Afrika and several processes took place before the extent of the practice was realised in the rest of the world.