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Scarifications Fade in Modern Nigeria

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Scarifications Fade in Modern Nigeria
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 limbs as a traditional healer smeared the cuts on her baby's hands, feet, back and chest with a sticky ...
June 25, 2007; AP Online

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