Nigerian actress, Linda Osifo, has revealed that she was mocked for having tribal marks while she was in elementary school in Canada.
While celebrating the “tribal mark gang,” she reflected on her journey to self acceptance; and how she considered undergoing surgery to remove her tribal marks because her class mates kept asking if she was scratched by lions in Africa.
“It’s the Tribal Marks for me! Back in elementary school in Canada, I remember being made fun of about my tribal marks; and being asked if I got scratched by lions in Africa. The teasing got so bad that I tried surgically to remove my tribal marks,” she wrote on Instagram.
“I felt it made me so ugly and weird from everyone else around me because I didn’t understand why I had it in the first place.”
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Linda Osifo went on to explain that she has grown to love her tribal marks because “true beauty” is found within.
“Now that I’m all grown and wise, I’ve come to realize how beautiful & unique it sure makes me look. True beauty does not come from physical attributes…true beauty comes from what is within. Here’s to the tribal mark gang,” she added.
Born and raised in Nigeria, Osifo moved to Canada when she was 16. She made her Nollywood debut with King Akubueze, directed by Nonso Emekewe when she returned to Nigeria in late 2013.
She is popular for her appearance in TV series like Tinsel, Fifty and Jemeji.