Seeding Ethnomathematics with Oware: Sankofa

Oware is an African board game that provides rich opportunities for all children to build and extend arithmetical ideas and strategic thinking, and explore important social behaviors. Introducing oware can help children understand that humans encode their mathematical ideas in diverse cultural products, including architecture, art, games, music, written texts, and so on. Children who play oware not only build mathematical ideas but also interact with aspects of African culture.