Dara - traditional game of North Africa

There is an interesting family of games sometimes known as shiva, which are played across the Sahara and neighbouring parts of North Africa. The games are played on a lattice of 5×6 or 6×6 playing spaces, usually consisting of small holes in the ground. Pieces may be stones or broken pottery. The games resemble nine men's morris in play, which is very ancient. But written accounts of shiva games date back no earlier than 1909.
Dara is the most well-known game from this family. It is played by the Dakarkari people of Nigeria, and under the name of dra by the Tamacheq people of the Sahara. This particular game was first recorded as recently as 1950.
Dara is a row-building game. Players enter their pieces one at a time, attempting to form a strategic arrangement. Once all pieces are placed, they move around the board, trying to form rows of three, which allows capture of an enemy piece. The first player reduced to two pieces loses the game.
Source: http://www.cyningstan.com/game/148/dara
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