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Bao

Also known as Bao la Kiswahili

Bao: photograph by Moongateclimber
Photo: Moongateclimber, Public domain, source on Wikimedia Commons

Swahili mancala; Comoros among regions named.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Comoros.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Deep Past and First Games (before about 3000 BCE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Africa: Great Lakes and Indian Ocean.

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