Songo: African Mancala Game

DISCOVER SONGO — CENTRAL AFRICA'S LEGENDARY STRATEGY GAME Songo (also spelled Songo'o) is the great strategy game of Central Africa, passed down for generations by the Ekang peoples — Beti, Bulu, Fang, Ewondo, Eton — across Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Played in village meeting houses and city tournaments alike, it is now in your pocket. If you grew up with Songo, welcome home. If you love Mancala, Oware or Awale, get ready: this is the deeper, bigger-board cousin you have never played. REAL SONGO — NOT ANOTHER AWALE CLONE ✔ The authentic 14-pit board (2 rows of 7) ✔ 70 seeds, 5 per pit at the start ✔ Sow around the board, set up captures: first to 40 seeds wins ✔ Complete Songo rules explained inside the app Songo shares the sowing principle of the Mancala family but has its own movement and capture rules. A 14-pit board instead of 12 — those who know, know. PLAY YOUR WAY ✔ Challenge the computer on Easy, Hard or Expert ✔ Find an online opponent in seconds ✔ Create a private match and invite a friend with a code or QR code ✔ Start as a guest, create an account for social features Challenge your uncle back home, your cousin in Douala or a stranger in Libreville: online Songo brings players together across borders. IMPROVE AND CLIMB THE RANKINGS ✔ Global and friends leaderboards ✔ Detailed statistics, player levels and match history ✔ Friend requests and rival tracking LEARN SONGO STEP BY STEP New to the game? Your parents played but nobody taught you the rules? The app teaches you everything: ✔ Full rules available at any time ✔ Board animations for every sowing move and capture ✔ Play with a simple tap or a swipe ✔ Interface available in English and French MAKE IT YOURS ✔ Choose your favorite board style ✔ Turn sounds and animations on or off ✔ Optional notifications for invitations and online matches MORE THAN A GAME — A HERITAGE Songo is a game of mental calculation, anticipation and observation that has trained strategists for generations. It rewards reading the board, memory and nerve — chess-level depth with African roots. Fans of mancala games, oware, awale, bao or any African sowing game: welcome. And if you have never sown a seed, this is your chance to discover a classic the rest of the world is only starting to find. Download Songo and join the community of players from Central Africa and beyond. Some online features require an account. The app contains ads and offers optional in-app purchases.