 The game is similar to twelve men's morris, a variation on the Roman board game nine men's morris.While some believe that "morabaraba" was introduced to Southern Africa by British settlers, morris variants exist in many parts of the world; e.g.India ("char bhar"), Ghana ("achi"), Kenya ("shisimia"), Somalia ("shax"), Zimbabwe ("tsoro yemutwelve"),Iran("dooz"), the Philippines ("tapatan") and Mongolia ("gurgaldaj").