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Bawo (from Swahili "bao": board) is a variant of Bao la Kiswahili played by the Yao in Malawi as a tournament sport. The oldest Bawo board was made in 1896 in Malawi and is kept today in the British Museum in London.

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rdfs:comment	Bawo (from Swahili "bao": board) is a variant of Bao la Kiswahili played by the Yao in Malawi as a tournament sport. The oldest Bawo board was made in 1896 in Malawi and is kept today in the British Museum in London.
dcterms:subject	Traditional Mancala Games Four Rows Bao Variant Africa
abstract	Bawo (from Swahili "bao": board) is a variant of Bao la Kiswahili played by the Yao in Malawi as a tournament sport. The oldest Bawo board was made in 1896 in Malawi and is kept today in the British Museum in London. Regular championships are held at district, regional and national levels in numerous places in Malawi such as Blantyre, Chirimba, and Mzuzu City. Leading players are Philmon Kossa, Isaac Masauli, Bright Mkanda, Isaac Selemani, and Gilos Chitsulo. The winner of the national Bawo League, which sponsored by Lorex Kapanga receives 35 000K (about 230 US Dollars) and a trophy, which is a lot in a country with a per capita income of 69.5 US Dollars per month (in 2009). According to Paul Smith there had already been a national Bawo league sponsored by South African Airways in the 1990s. Tournaments outside of Africa were held 2002-2004 at the Mindsports Olympiad (MSO) in Cambridge (England) and in 2010 at the University of Alberta in Edmonton (Canada).

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