¡Hoy es jueves jovial!     (Today is jovial Thursday!)

La fecha es el diez (10) de febrero del año dos mil veintidós. (The date is February 10, 2022.)

Juguemos al akong.     (Let’s play akong.)

Songo ewondo (known as akong in Equatorial Guinea) is one of the most popular mancala games. A mancala board has 14 holes (7 on each side) that are referred to as “houses.” At the beginning of the game, each house starts with five stones or seeds, which are referred to as “songo” (the Fang word for “pebble”).

Para jugar al akong necesitamos:     (To play akong, we need:)

un tablero de mancala	(a mancala board)
setenta semillas o piedras	(70 seeds or stones)
dos jugadores	(two players)

Ready to strategize and count? Here are the rules for playing akong.

¡Que tengas un jueves jubiloso!     (May you have a jubilant Thursday!)

L. A. Feliz

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