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Company
Diketo
African Games is
a company set up
to promote, produce,
market and sell
African Games.
We believe that
we can promote
South Africa and
African culture
through our radical
new interpretation
of Traditional
African Games making
them accessible
to the world. We
at Diketo plan
to bring the “Cool
Factor” to
Traditional African
Games, through
cutting edge Board
Games, Fashion
and Video Games.
The production
and promotion of
Traditional African
games will bring
core African values
to the Western
world. These values,
disregarded by
colonists and dismissed
by the National
party government,
will be South Africa’s
gift to the global
community.
These
values are…Community.
Ubuntu. Honouring
your elders. Strategy
and forward think
and Patience
“Moraba-raba
is the start of the
conversation, an
extended hand of
friendship between
cultures and the
Black/White colour
divide, a place of
common ground”
Diketo
Copyright 2002
Diketo Traditional
African Boardgames
c.c. / Reg
No. 2002/011341/23
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Philosophy
We
live in a world
full of fear,
terror, violence,
and intolerance.
Modern technology
has brought the
world to our
doorstep and
yet our world
and point of
views have got
smaller. How
do we reclaim
our humanity?
How do we get
people talking?
How do we bridge
a cultural,
religious,
ethnic, economic,
color divide?
How do we get
the conversation
started?
Moraba-raba
is the start
of the conversation,
an extended
hand of friendship
between cultures,
religions and
colour divide;
it’s
a tiny piece
of common ground
allowing any
person a beginning
in knowing
another. Its
an easy space,
a space of
laughter at
mistakes, new
respect through
displays of
skill and a
realization
that while
the game appears
as child’s
play, there
is a hidden
sophistication
in this ancient
part of African
heritage. The
older generations
teach the game
to youngsters
as part of
their heritage.
The games are
used to socialise
the children,
teaching them
values of patience,
community and
strategy; the
African traditions
of kinship
and sharing
through Moraba-raba,
which is usually
a spectator
game that involves
much laughter,
grunts of approval
and cries of
triumph.
The
production
and promotion
of traditional
African games
will bring
core African
values to the
Western world.
These values,
disregarded
by colonialists
and dismissed
by the apartheid
National party
government,
will be South
Africa’s
gift to the
global community.
Moraba-Raba
Culture and
National Sport
Within
South Africa
Moraba-Raba
(sotho) or
Umlabalaba
(Zulu) is played
by more South
Africans than
any other board
game of skill.
According to
newspaper reports,
40% of the
population
plays on a
regular basis.
When the War
Games Union
organised a
tournament
in rural KwaZulu-Natal
2001, 36 000
people turned
up, according
to Colin Webster,
president of
the War Games
Union.
Morabaraba
is now officially
recognised
as a bona fide
sport by the
government
and has been
accepted by
the International
War Games Federation.
It is now possible
to be awarded
provincial
and national
colours for
Morabaraba.
.Moraba-raba
is a portable
piece of common
ground; an
extension of
the hand of
friendship
over language
and cultural
divides. Moraba-raba
has survived
the battle-scarred
history of
South Africa.
Now this African
game could
help a nation
usher in the
glorious future
of unity of
which our former
president Nelson
Mandela spoke;
with a nation
playing its
way into mutual
respect and
understanding.
we could share
our ideals
along with
our recreation
time and learn
about patience,
forward thinking
and kinship,
as one nation,
in this world
of constant
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