Tami is a mancala-style board game played in Accra, Ghana in the early nineteenth century. It was played mostly by women, with grey and green nuts. Sometimes these nuts were covered in gold and worn as necklaces.
Rules
Played on an elongated board with large holes. Seeds are used in the holes as counters. Counters are moved from hole to hole.
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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.
Monrad, H.-C. 1824. Gemälde der Küste von Guinea. Weimar: Verlage des Gr. S. priv. Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs.
Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
