Contains a study of the history of the Shilukh (facial cuts/scars) that adorn the faces of many Sudanese men and women, its social and aesthetic implications, and significance.
It also contains a range of different aesthetics:
-Scarification and its different classifications.
-Scarification in the ancient world.
-Scarification in ancient Sudan before migration.
-Shaloukh in tropical Africa.
-Shaloukh among Arabs.
-Scarification in Sudan after the Arab immigration.
-Tribal significance of scarification .
-The religious function of scarification .
-Aesthetic content of scarification .
There are also some illustrations showing the scarification and its forms in men and women of various tribes.
