Popular Yoruba actor, Ebun Oloyede, has criticised his parents for slamming tribal marks on his cheeks.
He says it has been a big burden on him.
He believes that those who say the marks are a source of pride to a lineage and a symbol of identity are simply ignorant.
In an interview with Saturday Punch, he notes that that is the mistake his parents made.
He says, “They believed that with the marks on my face, people would be able to identify my lineage but they were fooling themselves. How would they have known if my father had sex with his housemaid and she gave birth to me but his wife decided not to make a fuss about it? Yet people would believe that I am from that lineage. Tribal marks are not a DNA, many people might not agree with me but I know what I am talking about. However, there is nothing I can do about it,” he said.
