A Boku is a kind of drum shaped like a truncated cone and meant to be played with bare hands. Drum carried by John Unger, Company B, 40th Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Mozart Regiment, December 20, 1863 Several American Indian-style drums for sale at the National Museum of the American Indian. ...
The Boku drum is played throughout eastern Cuba during carnivals and street parades called Comparsas. In sub-Sarahan Africa it is known as ashiko. A comparsa (conga de comparsa) is the band which plays a conga during a Cuban Carnival celebration. ... An Ashiko is a kind of drum shaped like a truncated cone and meant to be played with bare hands. ...
Since BOKU is a word with two syllables, and since the box very clearly says that it is a game with two rules, I decided to interview the top two medal winners in the Junior BOKU tournament, Gold Medal winner Shani Chachamu from London and Silver Medal winner Jonathan Shapiro from Middlesex.
BOKU (the O has a bar over it, reminding us that it is pronounced with the long O sound), at quick glance, is a rather intriguing game.
BOKU certainly looks like a very interesting game, and though I did not know about the game before this convention, I look forward to learning it, and perhaps playing a game against the inventor next year.
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