For Yorubas, the markings serve as a means of beautification and identification – it’s believed that anyone spotted with them could be immediately distinguished to belong to certain Yoruba family
When I was in junior high school, a classmate of mine would constantly tease me around the schoolyard by calling me an ‘ila’.
I don’t recall the exact procedures used in inscribing these on my face but it happened to me when I was about three years old. .My father had it done, but I don’t recall any of my uncles, aunts or grandparents having it too because I didn’t spend much time with them. Several of my siblings got theirs at a very young age when we couldn’t decide whether we wanted them or not.
When I was about 12 years old, I also had a boy ask me, ‘Why do you have these markings on your face?’ I recalled not being able to give him a response because at that time I had no idea what to say, I was young, naive, and shy.Though I wasn’t being called names anymore, I had anxiety meeting and talking to people because I felt they made me look unattractive.
I was moved by how they shared their story, the challenges they faced growing up, the bullying, and the low self-esteem they encountered. It made me feel like I wasn’t alone in what I was going through.
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