West African Traditions in Architecture

West African Traditions in Architecture Interested parties can post photos of traditional West African buildings that may still exist thus recording this disappearing tradition.

10/21/2016

This young 13th year old made his own solar power usb charger. show him some love

08/06/2016

The first impression of Nigerian architecture is its great variety , an obvious consequence of geographical factors and the ethnic diversity of Nigeria's population. The characteristics of architectural design were determined by natural conditions of a given area, most of all by the climate and the building materials available. - Z.R. Dmochowski, An Introduction to Nigerian Traditional Architecture

07/17/2016

The myth of darkest Africa is persistent and there are still many people who find it difficult to accept that the traditional buildings of the continent merit more than passing consideration. - Susan Denyer, African Traditional Architecture

07/10/2016

Post photos of traditional West African architecture, construction and building elements (eg. doors, columns, wall decoration) from West African countries such as Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea,Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leon, Cameroon,Benin, Burkina Faso.

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