02235cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000310012624500410015726400510019830000470024933600260029633700260032233800360034850000310038450801790041552011620059453400450175665300200180165300190182165300260184085600430186666220UtSlPG20260610134528.0mcr n260607r2021||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a14019802  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aGV1 aCulin, Stewart,d1858-192910aMancala, the National Game of Africa 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2021  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2021-09-04  adeaurider, 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)  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aGames -- Africa  aMancala (Game)  aBoard games -- Africa40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66220