Ayo is a traditional two-player Nigerian board game, also called mancala in other cultures. Played by the Yoruba in Nigeria, it’s considered one of the oldest board games in the world! It can be a ...

This Mancala Game, handcrafted By Giobagnara, is part of the Poltrona Frau Culture & Craft collection in collaboration with Ozwald Boateng: a collaboration launched in 2023, the collection is defined ...

African publisher Carry1st has turned Mancala, one of the world's oldest board games, into a mobile game. The game Mancala Adventures currently has over 500,000 downloads on Android. Mancala, an ...

Researchers from Yale University have made a spectacular archaeological discovery in Kenya that sheds light on the recreational activities of past societies in this region of Africa. Dr. Veronica ...

More women in Tanzania are taking up a traditional game called Mancala, also known as Bao in Swahili. The game, popular among men, has been played for centuries in Africa.

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