INTERVIEW: Sungka as a wargame?

INTERVIEW: Sungka as a wargame?

January 27, 2026 · 46 min · Season 7 · Episode 26

About this episode

An interview with Micah Perez discussing the implications of the folk game Sungka on historical warfare strategies of a datu.

What a folk game can tell us about how a datu waged war. An interview with Micah Perez of the UP Diliman Department of History. The Colonial Dept. Interview is a bonus show where I talk to researchers and authors shining a light on our past. Know a historian or author I should talk to? Email me at thecolonialdept@gmail.com. Thumbnail image: Usernameko/Wikimedia Commons

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