Complete Mancala Games Book: How to Play the World's Oldest Board Games FROM THE PUBLISHER
The only available guide to the history and playing of the ancient board gameof Mancala. Photos, some in color. Illustrations.
SYNOPSIS
Mancala--which means "to transfer" in Arabic--has been played continuously for thousands of years across Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South-East Asia, and the Middle East. Its origins are uncertain, but mancla boards from the first century have been found in Africa and the Middle East. Today Mancala is also widely played throughout North America--in schools, homes, and cafes.
Mancala players seek to accumulate stones, shells, or seeds as they move them around holes cut or carved in boards or scooped out of the sand. The Complete Mancala Games Book contains descriptions and clearly written rules for almost a hundred different mancala games. The most popular two-row games--including wari, the best-known mancala game--are extensively covered. Players also learn how to play rarer three- and four-row versions. An index of games, people who play, and geographical locales make this the definitive guide for mancala players of all abilities and ages.
ACCREDITATION
Larry Russ is a mathematician and Dean of Undergraduate Academics at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, where he has won several teaching prizes. He began to research mancala games during years spent traveling in the late 1960s.
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