| Titre | Les mankala africains. | |
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| Auteur | Assia Popova | |
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Revue | Cahiers d'études africaines |
| Numéro | Vol. 16, no 63-64, 1976 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Les mankala africains |
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| Page | 433-458 | |
| Résumé anglais |
A. Popova—~~African Mankala.~~ 'Mankala' designates a class of mathematical game which is most popular in Africa, with its two main subtypes, ~~viz.~~ the one-cycle ~~wari~~, found chiefly in the north, and the two-cycle solo of the Bantu. Despite a number of differences in operating rules between these two types, they retain a deep conceptual unity which allows to consider them, anthropologically speaking, as mere variants of a single game. The 'general rule' set forth here aims at providing a global vision of these games, illustrated by a detailed description of four ~~wari~~, one s~~olo~~ and one mixed game. Finally a correspondence is established between mankala and joking-relation-ship, the latter being designated by the Swahili word ~~utani~~, derived from a root with the double meaning 'insuit, abuse' and 'contract an alliance', which expresses well enough the ambiguous character of the game both per se and as an institution. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cea_0008-0055_1976_num_16_63_2505 |
