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Evidence for Msuwa
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1904
Type Ethnography
Location Nyanja
Date 1913-01-01 - 1913-12-31
Rules 4x10-20 holes, with even numbers. Two counters in each hole, except the rightmost hole in the inner row of each player, which has zero, and the hole to its left, which has one.Sowing occurs in an anti-clockwise direction. When the final counter lands in an occupied hole, these are picked up and sowing continues. When the final counter lands in an empty hole in the inner row, the counters in the opposite hole in the opponent's inner row are captured. If counters are captured from the inner row, and there are also counters in the outer row, the counters in the outer row are also captured. If counters in the inner and outer row are captured, the player may also capture counters from two other holes on the opponent's side of the board. Single counters cannot be sown until there are no holes with multiple counters on the player's side of the board, and then single counters may only be sown into empty holes. Play continues until one player captures all of their opponent's counters, thus winning the game.
Content "Msuwa (Manyanja). This game is very similar to the Nsolo of the Angoni ; it is played with a similar number of holes. It differs in two particulars: in the first place there is only one man in the hole next to the empty right-hand end hole, at the commencement of the game; all others contain two as in Nsolo. The other point of difference is in the taking: thus, the contents of two other holes, either back or front row, are taken in addition to those in
the two holes opposite to the hole arrived at." Sanderson 1913: 735.
Confidence 100
Source Sanderson, M. 1913. "Native Games of Central Africa." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 43: 726-736.
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