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Bao la Kiswahili

Also known as Bao

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Complex Swahili mancala from the coast with a hands-on mastery culture.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Kenya, Tanzania.

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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