African Arcade Games

Pop into any retail toy store in the west and you will see row after row of brightly coloured plastic toys of all varieties for all ages from toddles to teenagers and big bys who never actually grew up! But for children in African games and toys rarely come out of a box but rather out of the imagination with stones, tin cans, wood and straw being used to make toys and everyday object being used for fun to play imaginative African games.

The video (left) shows some children from Zambia simply having fun with their made up games; below we have a number of African themed games for you to play online. These online African games include some cool games from puzzles to action and adventure games. We have hundreds of African games ~ check out our traditional African games whist you're here!

Our traditional African games at africa-games.com such as Ayo, Senet and Mancala are played by children across the African continent every day.