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When 6-year-old Naziru Abdulwahab was abducted from northern Nigeria, his kidnapper transported him across the country and tried to sell him, but the potential buyer backed out. What saved the boy from the child-smuggling rings, police said, was the traditNigeria’s divisive tradition of facial markings fades
When 6-year-old Naziru Abdulwahab was abducted from northern Nigeria, his kidnapper transported him across the country and tried to sell him, but the potential buyer backed out. What saved the boy from the child-smuggling rings, police said, was the traditional facial scarrings on his cheeks that he had been marked with at birth. Fearing they would make him too recognizable, the would-be purchaser refused to buy him. After suspicions were then raised by local residents, the trafficker was arrested and the child rescued. The incident in June shone a spotlight on the practice of tribalmarkingsthat has been fading since the 1980s in the fast-changing country of nearly 200 mi...Keep on reading: Nigeria’s divisive tradition of facial markings fades Read more











