Learn to Play the Great African Game of

OWARE

A game played in Africa for thousands of years, under many names, offers many hours of pleasure for all ages, at all skill levels. Ancient Egyptians called it Mancala, and to many of today's Africans it is Oware, or simply "Pits and Stones." This game is ranked "among the world's best."
Explore these Links

 

Oware Society, The
Provides history, club news, and tournament results for this mancala game from Ghana in West Africa.

URL: http://www.oware.org/

Kwanzaa - Oware Game

Learn how to make a traditional Kwanzaa game to play. For two players.

URL: http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/kwanzaa_owaregame.htm

Online Guide to Traditional Games, The - Mancala

Enjoy a presentation that details the history of this game, the variations, and shows photos of various artistic boards used to play.

URL: http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Mancala.htm

Oware! 'the National Game of Africa' now Freeware

West African Mancala Freeware game & book - aka Awele, Wari, Awale

URL: http://www.svn.net/rkovach/oware

Oware Society, The

Provides history, club news, and tournament results for this mancala game from Ghana in West Africa.

URL: http://www.oware.clara.net/

Oware Game

Oware (Mankala) Game The Oware game is played in many parts of the Motherland. In East Africa it is called Mankala, in South Africa it is called Ohoro and in the west, it is called Oware or Ayo. Items needed to play: 48 small smooth stones

URL: http://members.dca.net/areid/oware.htm

Oware

Oware is a strategic board game,which can often be as intense as a game of Chess

URL: http://www.downloadfreetrial.com/games/game6579.html

World Oware Federation

URL:  http://www.wikimanqala.org/wiki/Oware

Oware - Played all over the world

Awale This site features the downloadale Awale Version 3.4 software program, which allows play over the Internet or on your PC or Mac offline. African Games information/links A collection of Oware links and information collated by Edward Brisse.

URL: http://oware.org/links.asp

Ghana version of Mancala

URL: http://www.wizzy.com/owari/

The Oware Wizard

Play Oware on your PC!

URL: http://oware.ivorycity.com/

 

And how about concrete table Oware Boards in our local parks?

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