List of mancala games

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Games in the mancala family include:

A modern, European Bao/Omweso board with jade gemstones Bao europe.jpg
A modern, European Bao/Omweso board with jade gemstones

The most widely played games are probably[ according to whom? ]:

Contents

Games with unusual features

Modern adaptations

Traditional variants

Omweso (or Igisoro) players in Kigali, Rwanda Omweso players in kigali rwanda.jpg
Omweso (or Igisoro) players in Kigali, Rwanda
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Vietnamese children playing ô ăn quan

Notes

  1. Henry R. Muller, Warri: A West African Game of Skill, The Journal of American Folklore. Vol. 43, No. 169. pp. 313-316.
  2. Stewart Culin, Philippine Games , American Anthropologist, Vol. 2, No. 4. (Oct-Dec 1900), pp. 643-656.
  3. Alan P. Merriam, The Game of Kubuguza Among the Abatutsi of North-East Ruanda. Man, Vol. 53. (November 1953), pp. 169-172.
  4. H. A. Stayt, The Bavenda.
  5. P. H. G. Powell-Cotton, H. J. Braunholtz, A Mancala Board Called "Songo.", Man. Vol. 31. (July 1931), pp. 123.

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