Used as a form of initiation into adulthood and a sign of beauty or membership of a specific clan, scarification is a way for tribes to wear their identities on their faces. The ceremony is a process ...

Girls as young as 12 are being sliced with razor blades as part of a traditional scarification ceremony in Ethiopia. The youngster remained silent during the 10 minute ordeal, which saw her mother use ...

IBADAN, Nigeria — The wail of 6-week-old Quari Babaola cut through the air like the blade that had just sliced through his chin. His mother Kafilat shuddered but kept a determined grip on the tiny ...

IF YOU'VE EVER taken an anthropology class, you may remember watching one of those documentary films about some tribe somewhere whose members rub seeds under their eyelids or perform ritual ...