THEawélé or awalé is an abstract combinatorial board game of African origin, considered to be the African chess game. Here is one of the legends about the birth of awale, but just like its names and rules, there are many: “They walked a long, long time through the desert, until they came to the edge. from the sea. They stocked up on shellfish and then went back to their village. Along the way, they made holes in the sand to store the seashells. This is how the game was born: Shells in holes. "
This is the most popular family games mancala, a set of African games of the "count and capture" type in which pebbles, seeds or shells are distributed in cups or holes, sometimes dug in the ground.
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