Adjito is a two-row mancala-style board game played in the Kingdom of Dahomey in the nineteenth century.
Rules
2x8-10 board. Three counters in each hole. The direction of sowing is not given. When the final counter is dropped in an empty hole in the player's own row, the contents of the opposite hole in the opponent's row are captured. The player who captures the most counters wins.
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Sources
Avelot, M. 1906. "Le jeu des godets: un jeu africain à combinaisons mathématiques." Bulletins et mémoires de la société d'anthropologie de Paris 7: 267-271.
