Description

Enjoy a traditional game of Bao with this Ebony Bao Seed game. Made of Ebony wood. 13″ x 3″ when closed. 64-65 seeds. Outer design on each game varies. Made in Kenya. A-M154

Bao is a traditional mancala board game played in most of East Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Comoros, Malawi, as well as some areas of DR Congo and Burundi. It is most popular among the Swahili people of Tanzania and Kenya; the name itself “Bao” is the Swahili word for “board” or “board game”.

See the rules of Bao here. kibao.org/kanuni.php?lng=en