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Evidence for Akidada
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1666
Type Ethnography
Location 5°25'22.24"N, 2°30'11.25"W
Date 1951-01-01 - 1951-12-31
Rules 3x3 intersecting lines. Three sticks per player, the sticks angled toward the player to indicate ownership. Players alternate turns placing sticks on the board. Once all of the sticks are placed, players alternate turns moving a stick to any empty spot on the board. The first player to place three sticks in an orthogonal row along the lines wins.
Content "3.1.11. Gold Coast. Akuna Tribe; Nigeria, Yoruba tribe: Akidada (K.C. murray, who saw it at Nopa). Board B drawn on the ground. 'Sticks' made from the fibres of palm leaves are used as men, each player sloping his men towards himself to distinguish the sides." Murray 1951: 40.
Confidence 100
Source Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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