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Name Three Types of Indigenous Tagging Games in Kenya
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Kenyan Indigenous Board Games: More on Bao
Bao is an ancient mancala board game played by the Swahili community in Kenya and Tanzania.
Bao is the Swahili word for board or board game.
A person who masters bao well is referred to as bingwa (master) or fundi (technician).
Bao is still popular today at the Kenyan coast, especially in Lamu, where bao tournaments are held regularly.
These bao tournaments may not be popular enough to get listed on platforms such as Betway, but they attract considerable attention.
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Bao usually attracts scholars because of the strategic and complex thinking required to win the game.
Scholars of disciplines such as psychology, complexity theory, and game theory are fascinated by bao.
Kenyan communities, other than the Swahili, also have their own versions of bao, including the Turkana, Luhya, Luo, and Samburu.