Project Gutenberg 2021-09-04 Public domain in the USA. 184 Culin, Stewart 1858 1929 Culin, Robert Stewart 14019802 Mancala, the National Game of Africa deaurider, sf2001, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Mancala, the National Game of Africa" by Stewart Culin is a scholarly publication written in the late 19th century. The book serves as an anthropological exploration of Mancala, a game deeply rooted in African culture, examining its rules, variations, and significance across different regions. Given the time period, it reflects the era's interest in ethnology and cultural history. In this detailed study, Culin provides a comprehensive account of Mancala's gameplay, its historical context, and its distribution globally, particularly within Africa and the Middle East. He describes various forms of the game, such as La’b madjnuni and La’b hakimi, and illustrates how Mancala is played using pebbles and boards of differing designs. Culin goes further to illustrate the cultural implications of Mancala, being a link between peoples and a form of entertainment that has traversed demographics and geographies. He notes the game's prevalence in cafes, among children, and highlights how it reflects social interactions within communities, ultimately arguing for its significance as a cultural artifact. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Games -- Africa Mancala (Game) Board games -- Africa GV Text Category: Sports/Hobbies Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 65636 2025-07-26T08:29:18.370237 text/html 39438 2024-10-18T15:55:50 text/html 3822148 2025-07-26T08:29:22.076211 application/epub+zip 3821084 2025-07-26T08:29:19.407278 application/epub+zip 100613 2025-07-26T08:29:18.762236 application/epub+zip 5015043 2025-07-26T08:29:23.983242 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5004383 2025-07-26T08:29:21.424204 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120318 2022-09-29T19:12:52.014740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 48928 2025-07-26T08:29:17.990225 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28986 2024-10-18T15:55:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16685 2025-07-26T08:29:24.167207 application/rdf+xml 9610 2025-07-26T08:29:18.911238 image/jpeg 2018 2025-07-26T08:29:18.835237 image/jpeg 3392423 2025-07-26T08:29:18.452293 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia