Traditional oral literature
| Title
| Ethnic Group
| Language
| Country
| Type
| Role
| Description
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| Bao naligwa | Swahili | Swahili | Kenya (Mombasa) | Poem | major | Composed by Muyaka bin Haji in the 1820s.
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| "Bao proverbs" | Swahili & Bajun | Swahili | Kenya, Tanzania | Proverb | major | Several bao proverbs and sayings have been listed here.
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| "Giuthi proverbs" | Gĩkũyũ | Gĩkũyũ | Kenya | Proverb | major | One giuthi proverb is listed here.
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| Golden Oware Counters | Ashante | Ashante | Ghana | Historical legend | major | The story of Ntim Gyakari, King of Denkyira, who was killed from the Juaben king Yiadom Adarkwa while playing oware with golden counters.
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| Gurihoeseb | Damara | Nama | Namibia | Creation myth | minor | About the first man; hūs game between humans and animals.
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| "Hūs proverbs" | Damara, Namaqua | Nama | Namibia | Proverb | major | Several hūs proverbs and sayings have been listed here.
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| Ishvara Devere | Tuluva | Tulu | India | Story (Paddana) | major | Husband and wife playing cenne.
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| Koti and Chenayya | Tuluva | Tulu | India | Legend | major | Gambling for cashewnuts.
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| "Layli goobalay proverbs" | Somali | Somali | Somalia | Proverb | major | One layli goobalay proverb is listed here.
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| Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Indians | India | Epic poem | major | According to David Schulman, a well-known Indologist, the gambling game, which figures highly significantly, is not, as scholars had always assumed, dice, but manqala.
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| "Oware proverbs" | Ashante | Ashante | Ghana | Proverb | major | One oware proverb is given here.
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| "Omweso proverbs" | Baganda | Luganda | Uganda | Proverb | major | Several omweso proverbs and sayings have been listed here.
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| Pallanguzhi kriti | Tamils | Tamil | India | Devotional song | major | Male superiority (background).
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| Sankhambi and the Baboons | Venda | Venda | South Africa | Creation myth | major | Mefuvha game played between baboons and humans.
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| Sindillo | Maasai | Maa | Tanzania | Creation myth | minor | Invention of en gehé.
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| "Songo fun stories" | Pangwe | Songo | Cameroon | Fun story | major | Numerous songo ewondo stories were recorded by the German ethnologue Tessmann.
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| Sundjata | Mandinka | Mandinka | Mali | Epic | minor | About the founder of the Mali kingdom, mentioning wori.
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| "Sungka riddle" | Filipino | Filipino | Philippines | Riddle | major | A Philippine sungka riddle can be found here.
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| The Game Board | Nebri | (?) | Ethiopia | Folk tale | major | About a gebeta board (story).
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| The story of Nalla and Damyanti | Sanskrit | Indians | India | Story | major | According to David Schulman, a well-known Indologist, the gambling game, which figures highly significantly, is not, as scholars had always assumed, dice, but manqala.
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| The Story of Maiyage and Maipage | Tuluva | Tulu | India | Story (Paddana) | major | Two sisters are playing sita ata while their parents are searching for husbands for them.
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| The Story of Siva | Tuluva | Tulu | India | Legend | major | About the founder of the Siri cult.
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| The Story of Sonne and Ginde | Tuluva | Tulu | India | Story (Paddana) | major | Women playing cenne while their grandfather is preparing them for marriage.
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| "Warri proverbs" | Antiguan | English | Antigua & Barbuda | Proverb | major | One warri proverb can be found here.
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Modern children's literature
| Title
| Author
| Publisher
| Place
| Year
| Language
| Type
| Role
| Description
|
| The Golden Oware Counters | J. O. de Graft Hanson | Ghana Publishing Corporation | Tema (Ghana) | 1991 | English | Novel | major | About the Asante-Denkyira Wars with imaginary characters.
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| Trouble | Jane Kurtz | Gulliver Books | Orlando FL (USA) | 1997 | English | Picture book | major | About a boy in Ethiopia who is distracted from goat herding by a mancala game made by his father.
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| The Chief in Chinatown | Elaine Masters | Island Heritage Publishing | Waipahi HI (USA) | 1998 | English | Novel | minor | Kalah instructions at the end of the book.
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| The Gospel According to Larry | Janet Tashjian | Henry Holt and Company | New York NY (USA) | 2001 | English | Novel | minimal | On materialism. Short note on "Peter's mancala game".
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| When the Elephants Dance | Tess Uriza Holte | Crown Publishers | New York NY (USA) | 2002 | English | Novel | minimal | Short note on sungka.
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| It's back to school we go | Ellen Jackson | Millbrook Press | Minneapolis MN (USA) | 2003 | English | Picture book | minor | Short note on mancala in Kenya.
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| Sungka and Smiling Irish Eyes | Natalie Gonzales-Sullaway | Imprint Books | ? (USA) | 2003 | English | Novel | major | On cultural identity.
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| Addy's Little Brother | Connie Porter | Pleasant Company Publications & American Girl, LLC | Middleton WI (USA) | 2006 | English | Short Story | minor | Life of a liberated slave girl shortly after the American Civil War.
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