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Mancala games are considered to be "board games", because they are usually played on game boards.

A mancala board consists of rows of pits and sometimes stores.

The oldest mancala boards were excavated in Aksumite Ethiopia in Matara (now in Eritrea) and Yeha, which are dated by archaeologists as of between the 6th and 7th century AD.

The aesthetic qualities of mancala boards were discussed by Alexander Johan de Voogt and Roslyn A. Walker.

References

Bell, R. C. 

(1995) 'A Mancala Board from Senegal', in Games & Puzzles; Issue 13. Page 12.

de Voogt, A. J. 

(1996) 'Changing Objects: Aesthetic Qualities of Mancala Boards', in Museum Anthropology; 20 (3). Pages 150-153.

de Voogt, A. J. 

(1997) Mancala Board Games, London: British Museum Press.

Günther, B. 

(2003) Mancala, Wari, Awélé - ein Brettspiel aus Ghana (Seminararbeit), Marburg: Institut für Vergleichende Kulturforschung / Fachgebiet Völkerkunde, Philipps-Universität Marburg.

Walker, R. A. 

(1986) 'A sculptured Mancala Gameboard terminating in a carved human Head from Liberia in the Barbier-Mueller Museum', in Bulletin Association des Amis du Musée Barbier-Mueller; 32. Pages 1-6.

Walker, R. A. 

(1990) Sculptured Mancala Gameboards of sub-Saharan Africa (Ph.D. Thesis), Bloomington: Indiana University.

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