For many a native North African, the shades of nostalgia ... of men in rural areas of Morocco still sport tattoos to this day to reinforce tribal belonging. The end of the etch The tradition ...

The media (both fashion and mainstream) tend to refer to them as “African prints” (when not referring to them more vaguely, and cringe-inducingly, as “tribal”). But the term African print ...

Africa is a continent rich in different ... Many start with basic tribal face paint (or tattoos) and as they rise through the ranks, more symbols are added to match with their rank and achievements.

Joann Fletcher, an honorary archaeology research fellow at the University of York in the United Kingdom, studies tattooing’s mark on history ... Tattoo on the arm of a Pazyryk tribal chief ...