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Origin of Jenga The inventor of Jenga was a lady called Leslie Scott. Growing up in Africa, Swahili was her first language and in Swahili, Jenga means "to build". The original Jenga comes with 54 rectangular blocks which forms a tower 18 stories high and was first published by Milton Bradley Games in 1987. Jenga went on to become the second best selling game in the world.

 

 

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