This is no longer the case as more and more young people including a few middle-aged individuals in Zambia are getting “inked”. Tattoos are increasingly becoming a popular fashion statement among a growing number of young people in Zambia who now see them as an artistic work on their bodies. I fell in love with tattoos at a very young age, but my parents would not allow me to have them on,” said 20-year-old Mary Mwansa. “It is just the same as wearing earrings or bracelets except tattoos are sort of permanent bodily ornaments,” she asserted. Currently, young women constitute the majority of my clientele,” he said.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 17, 2021 12:56 UTC