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Crafts from
Kenya In Kenya, Kigogo is a popular game.
Known as mankala or oware in different African languages, it means
"transferring," referring to how the game is played. The game can be made using
egg cartons, with dried beans as markers.
Kigogo game
Materials needed:
Egg cartons (1 whole carton plus two extra egg sections
per game)
Tape
Dried beans (48 per game)
Paint
Remove lids from egg cartons. Give two extra egg cups to
each crafter, and have them tape these to the center of each end of their egg carton.
Paint the game board in bright colors, and when dry the
game can be played. Give each person 48 beans as markers for their game.
To play Kigogo:
Place the board between two players. Players own the row
of cups closest to them, and the end cup to the right. The end cups are used to store the
markers won by each player. Place four markers in each of the middle cups.
The markers are always moved counterclockwise. The first
player takes all four markers from any of his or her cups and places them one at a time to
the cups to the right.
The next player does the same thing, taking markers from
his or her side of the board. The number of markers in each cup will keep changing.
When a player drops the last marker in one of the other
players' cups, and that cup has only two or three markers in it, the player wins all the
markers in that cup. The game is over when all the markers have been won.
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