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Yewande Ade
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History Street
Mar 23, 2021
The Lady Who Stopped the Killing of Twins
Defeating the demonic superstition that claimed so many…
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Yewande Ade
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Mar 25, 2021
The Sharo Festival: Get Flogged Before You Can Get a Wife
A test of manliness and endurance
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Yewande Ade
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Jun 10, 2021
A Tribe’s Fattening Room Culture and How It Affects the Women Involved
A marriage rite that involves…
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Yewande Ade
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Jul 13, 2021
Tribal Marks: The Struggle between Tradition and Abuse
And the various reasons why it should be…
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Yewande Ade
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History Street
Aug 1, 2021
The Japanese Teeth Blackening Culture
A tradition that considers black teeth beautiful
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Yewande Ade
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History Street
Aug 19, 2021
The Fire Walking Tradition
A religious practice that requires its participants to walk barefoot on hot…
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Yewande Ade
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History Street
Aug 28, 2021
A Brief History Of The White Wedding Dress
And why many brides wear white on their wedding day
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Yewande Ade
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History Street
Sep 15, 2021
A Sexual Cleansing Custom That Endangers The Lives of Young Girls
A Tale of sexual abuse and…
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Yewande Ade
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History Street
Sep 20, 2021
Left-Handers Once Experienced Severe Stigmatization And Discrimination
Being left-handed was…
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Yewande Ade
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History Street
Oct 14, 2021
The Bizarre Lip Plate Tradition
An extreme cultural practice that has its own beauty standards for…
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