CategoryReconstruction, Done, Board, Sow, Two rows
Description
This game was played on the River Gambia in the early seventeenth century. It is one of the earliest documented mancala-style board games. It was played outside, under shady trees, by men of the Mandinka people.
Rules
Board with large holes. Around thirty counters. Counters are captured. The player who captures the most counters wins.
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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.
Jobson, R. 1623. The Golden Trade. London: Nicholas Okes.
Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
