Wahree is a mancala game played on the United States Virgin Islands, particularly on Saint Croix. The game is a variant of Oware. The game reached the islands slightly over 200 years ago, when an estimated 12 million slaves from Africa were shipped to the Americas in one of the worst crimes against humanity. In the 20th century, the game slowly fell into obscurity like many other cultural treasures of the US Virgin Islands such as Cariso (music) and Bamboula (African-derived dance).