Sankofa Game

Welcome to the Sankofa Game

A game about the stories, lives, and cultures of the Akan people in coastal Ghana during the nineteenth century. "Sankofa" means "Look back on your past and use it to move forward in the present'.image

Explore

Journey through a world full of magic and wonder with the world famous trickster named "Ananse."

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Learn

About the legendary warriors and the men who wove the beautiful kente cloth.

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Reflect

This picture shows Nyame (the sky god) giving Ananse the gift of storytelling.(Ananse used some tricks, of course)

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Gallery

Hut
Adinkra Warrior Symbol
Ghanian drummers are famous.
Ghanaians eat a lot of fish.
Ananse's Magical Mask
Ananse
Player
Villager

Play the Game

Download for Windows       Download for Mac 

Play Online

Sankofa Requirements

OS : Windows 7 SP1+, macOS 10.11+

CPU : SSE2 instruction set support

Hard Disk Space : 5 GB

Video : Graphics card with DX10 capabilities

WebGL : Any recent desktop version of Firefox, Chrome, Edge or Safari

Team Members

Magda El Zarki

Game Director

Patricia Seed

Historical Advisor, Web Guru, parti-time Graphic Designer

Jessica Kernan

Senior Game Designer

Alexander Longazo

Software Engineer

Address

ICS 2, Room 240
Irvine, CA 92697
United States
(949) 824-9979
email : info@sankofagame.org

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