How to play Bao la Kiswahili

Bao is a traditional East-African game from the Mancala family (actually "bao" means ”board game“) that exists in many shapes and variations of rules. The version “Bao la Kiswahili” is called the King of Mancala games.

The rules are quite challenging, but this video shows them all in 16min by example.
They can also be read in more detail here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xry-...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:10 Basics: The board
01:08 Basics: Goal of the Game
01:19 Basics: Sowing
01:50 Basics: Harvesting
02:45 Basics: A Move
03:20 1st phase: New seed
03:55 1st phase: Move without capture
04:20 1st phase: Consecutive sowing
05:56 1st phase: Multiple captures
06:48 Basics revisited: Determined direction
07:23 Basics revisited: Reversing direction
08:15 1st phase: The Nyumba
09:00 1st phase: Safari
09:36 1st phase: Taxation
10:22 1st phase: Nyumba & Pit Selection
10:51 1st phase: Change to phase 2
11:22 2nd phase: Move without capture
12:14 2nd phase: Pit selection without capture
12:27 2nd phase: Move with capture
13:18 2nd phase: Pit selection with capture
13:28 2nd phase: Forbidden capture
14:13 2nd phase: Blocking
15:12 2nd phase: The Nyumba
15:45 Basics revisited: End of Game
16:19 Outro