I-scarification e-Black Africa: isiko esidala kakhulu esivela okungenani ngekhulu le-18, i-scarification (i-Haabré ngolimi lwesiKo) yinto ejwayele ukukhuphula isikhumba esebenzisa i-blade, itshe, isiqephu sesibuko noma ummese obukhali. Khona-ke, isilonda sigcwele ibhotela lika-shea, ijusi noma umlotha wezitshalo zokwelapha noma udaka, futhi amaphethini avunyelwe ukwakha esikhumbeni.

Izizathu zokuqala lo mkhuba zihlukile. Kuqala, uqalile ukumaka ukuhlanganiswa kwabantu futhi aqaphele kalula imvelaphi yabo kubantu abamnyama. Kwabuye kwavumela inzalo eyayibugqila ngesibindi, ukuba iqaphelane futhi ikhumbule imvelaphi yabo lapho ithola kude nezwe layo. 

Futhi, izincazelo zamuva zivezile kusukela eBenin ukuthi eminye imindeni ihlukumeza inzalo yabo ngomgomo wokugcina wokugwema ubugqila kusukela abahlukumezi bakhetha izidumbu ezingasebenzi.

Lezi zimpawu zenziwa ezinganeni, ezincane ezineminyaka eyishumi ubudala. Njengomkhuba wokuhamba, lezi zinkinga zivame ukuhambisana nomkhosi. Izincazelo ziningi kakhulu njengoba ama-scarification ahlukene. Ngokusho kobunjwa bawo, ubukhulu babo nezikhundla zabo ebusweni, kungenzeka ukukhomba abantu bohlanga olunikeziwe, umndeni noma isigaba somphakathi

Uma usubonakaliswa ubuntu nobuntu, ukuhlaziywa kwakuphawu lokuziqhenya olugqokelwe abantu abathile base-Afrika. Lezi zinsuku zingabasebenzisa ukuzibiza ngokuthi zingabakwaqembu lobuhlanga, isizwe noma isiqhema. I-Scarification ihlale isungulwe, futhi kuyo yonke imiphakathi lapho yenziwa khona, isisekelo esiyisisekelo senkambiso yabantu. 

Kodwa namhlanje, lo mkhuba usuzophela. Ngempela, uma ngaphambili, izingane ezingenazo izibazi zilokhu zihlaselwa ezikoleni. Kulezi zinsuku, ngakolunye uhlangothi, leli siko libhekwa njengomkhuba, kwesinye isikhathi eliyinqaba, kwesinye isikhathi lokubuyisa, kwesinye isikhathi libe sengozini ezingeni lokuthuthwa kwendle. Lezi zimpawu ziyihlazo namuhla. Ivinjelwe emazweni amaningana, ikakhulukazi eBurkina Faso, kangangokuthi ijwayele ukunyamalala: abantu bokugcina abanabo namuhla bavame okungenani babe ngama-40 futhi lesi yisizukulwane sokugcina.