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Play Wari

Despite the different names and variations, all Mancala games involve a board with rows of holes into which 'seeds' are distributed. The aim of the game is to capture the opponent's seeds.

Wari is a single lap form of Mancala played extensively in Africa, but also in Grenada and Barbados. Wari is also known, amongst others, as woro, kboo, kpo, aware and kale.


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