Warri Board Game

Warri is a board game, variants of which are played all over Africa. The Sierra Leone version consists of a carved wooden board in which two rows of six cups are set alongside one another, with two larger receptacles at either end. It is played by distributing counters anti-clockwise. This example is classically boat-shaped. The Glasgow Museum catalogue notes that this one is Mende and originated in Dia, Kailahun District. The Mende word for the game is te , with te goko meaning the board.