Here are two historical anecdotes you can share with the students:

From an Ashanti legend:
The Akan term Oware was acquired from the famous king of the Ashanti kingdom called Katakyie Opoku Ware I (1700-1750). Katakyie usually used this game to settle disputes between married couples, particularly when they were on the verge of separation. After the king and his elders had managed to settle the case they would charge the couple to sit down together and entertain themselves with a game of Oware. The servants in the king's palace would be singing songs whilst this game was in progress. Hence, the O was taken to proceed the Ware to form "Oware", which literally means "he/she marries".

A famous legend tells that, after the battle of Feyiase, the Juaben king Yiadom Adarkwa killed Ntim Gyakari, the king of Denkyira, when he played a game of Oware against his wife with golden counters. Since then golden counters are associated with misfortune.

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