Àyò Journey
Àyò Journey is a digital celebration of Àyò (also known as Ayò Olọ́pọ́n), the classic Yoruba seed-sowing board game that belongs to the ancient mancala family of strategy games played across Africa and beyond. This web-based experience invites players to engage with one of West Africa’s oldest and most enduring intellectual pastimes in a modern, accessible format. Its tagline—“One game, many names”—captures the spirit of a tradition that appears under various titles (Oware, Wari, Ncho, Bao, and others) yet shares the same core of sowing seeds, capturing territory and out-thinking an opponent..
By Opeyemi, an independent creator