Media personality Toke Makinwa recently sparked controversy on social media when she engaged in a heated dispute with a netizen over her views on tribal marks.
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Toke Makinwa took to X, a popular microblogging platform, to express her thoughts after encountering a beautiful influencer adorned with tribal marks.
In her post, she reflected on the practice of marking children without their consent for identification purposes, describing it as a cruel cultural tradition. She acknowledged that in the past, parents might have been unaware of the implications of such practices.
Expressing gratitude that the tradition of marking has been discontinued, Toke Makinwa also shared a personal anecdote about her grandmother, who had tribal marks on her face and arms. She wondered aloud about the challenges her grandmother must have faced with the marks from a young age.
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She wrote: “Today I saw a beautiful beauty influencer with tribal marks and it made me think about the cruelty that culture brought upon us. Marking a child without his/her consent as a means of identification is Evil, I know our parents didn’t know any better but damnnnn!!!!
“Thank God it’s abolished now. My grandma had tribal marks too. Some on her face and her arms, I wonder what life was like when she was younger walking around with it, though I’m sure a lot of people around her had same but thank God it’s canceled now.”
Reacting to her post, an X user @alaba_beverly wrote: “Tribal marks and tattoos, what’s the difference? Tattoos are modernized tribal marks. Rest abeg.”
Toke Makinwa replied: “Tattoos are a choice, marking a child without their consent is not the same. You rest, weirdo 🙄”
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