Period Modern

Region Middle Africa, Western Africa

Category Reconstruction, Pending, Board, Sow, Two rows

Description

Mbangbi is a two-row mancala-style game from West Central Africa. It is typically played by boys. The game is played in holes dug into the ground.

Rules

2x5 board with two stores. Play begins with eight counters in each hole. When sowing, if the final counter makes two or four counters, these are taken. Can be played with 2 or 4 players.

Steiber and Steiber 1938: 218.

Origin

Cameroon

Ludeme Description

Mbangbi.lud

Concepts

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Reference

Murray 1951: 193

Evidence Map

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Evidence coloured based on: Age None

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Sources

Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Sieber, J. And D. Sieber. 1938. Das Leben des Kindes im Nsungli-Stamm. Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 11(2): 208–220.

Identifiers

DLP.Games.217

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