Tribal games played in kenya

Apart from being fun, they also helped build fundamental skills, from social interaction to physical hand-eye co-ordination and even basic maths and strategic thinking.

Mancala is believed to be the oldest game in the world. It was played in as many countries on the continent as there is variations of it. How does it work? First you need a mancala board, with holes arranged in either two or four rows.

Small stones or seeds were used in earlier days; today, using marbles is common. The game is still played today, enjoyed by both children and adults across the globe. This is a game best played with a group of four or more, but just two people will do, too. A leader is chosen and the rest of the group either stand in a semicircle or split into groups of two. During the 24 year period Moi was in office, he was accused of perpetuating politics of divide and rule as his presidency was marked by tribal animosities.

The major outbreak was in with the Yolo clashes in the Rift Valley which left people dead and 75, displaced. The conflict was largely between the Kikuyu and Kalenji due to land conflict.

In the political sphere, leaders pander to their own tribe when they want support. They use their tribes as leverage to bargain for favours and positions in government. Since independence, leaders fill the civil service and government positions with members of their tribes and those from other ethnic communities viewed as supporters of the government in power. In the past, cabinets of presidents have had disproportionate numbers of members from their respective tribes.

Several attempts to kill the scourge of tribalism has not been easy. Commissions have been formed, songs composed, and wars fought. The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission was formed in after the post-election violence.

After that, both jump in place at the same time. Lastly, both jump and thrust one foot forward. If both put the same foot forward, the leader is out and the player takes the leader's place. If they each put a different foot forward, the leader moves to the next player and resumes the same physical challenge. Leaders get a point for every time they defeat a player, and every player takes a turn as a leader. The player with the most points wins.

In Zimbabwe, children play a game called Kudoda. In this game, players sit in a circle and a bowl filled with 20 pebbles or marbles is placed in the center of the circle. Some of these games still exist today, while others melted away when the heat of technology and other online games were introduced in the land, especially in the cities and urban towns.

In the villages and communities where modern and western games have not found lodging, children continue to play their traditional games. Among the common games that Kenyan children play is the tricky hide and seek; this takes at least the minimum of four children.

In this version of the classic game, an object is placed in the center of the playing ground; if the seeker discovers the hiding place of one child, he runs to the object and hits it. The one who was discovered first will become the seeker in the next round of game. And if all the hiders hit the object before the seeker reveals them, he remains to be the seeker.

Often it is not really marbles; it can be nuts, seeds, stones, or dried fruits. Boys also learn how to make kites using plastic bags, strings and sticks.