Period Modern

Region Eastern Africa, Middle Africa

Category Reconstruction, Done, Board, Sow, Two rows

Description

Abanga is a two-row mancala-style game board that was played by the Zande people of central Africa in the mid-nineteenth century.

Rules

2x9 board. About 24 counters per player. Pieces are sown around the board.

These rules were taken from the Historical Information ruleset.

All Rulesets

Reconstructed rulesets
Abanga (Ludii 1) Reconstructed with Ludii
Abanga (Ludii 2) Reconstructed with Ludii
Abanga (Ludii 3) Reconstructed with Ludii
Abanga (Ludii 4) Reconstructed with Ludii
Abanga (Ludii 5) Reconstructed with Ludii
Abanga (Ludii 6) Reconstructed with Ludii
Abanga (Ludii 7) Reconstructed with Ludii
Abanga (Ludii 8) Reconstructed with Ludii
Abanga (Ludii 9) Reconstructed with Ludii
Abanga (Ludii 10) Reconstructed with Ludii

Incomplete rulesets
Historical Information Rules from DLP evidence.

Origin

Central Africa

Ludeme Description

Abanga.lud

Concepts

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Reference

Avelot 1906: 268.

Evidence Map

1 pieces of evidence in total. Browse all evidence for Abanga here.

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Evidence category: All Artifact Art Text Ethnography

Evidence coloured based on: Age None

Map style: Streets OpenStreetMaps ArcGIS Topographique Voyager

Sources

Avelot, M. 1906. "Le jeu des godets: un jeu africain à combinaisons mathématiques." Bulletins et mémoires de la société d'anthropologie de Paris 7: 267-271.

Schweinfurth. G. 1875. Au coeur de l'Afrique: 1868-1871, voyages et découvertes dans les régions inexplorées de l'Afrique centrale Tome 2. Paris: Hachette.

Identifiers

DLP.Games.1103

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