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Data base
I have created a data base on African vernacular architecture. Due to the fact that information... even images.. are not readily available on line. This data base has images from every African country.
The following images are ones that have been submitted by people in country to share with the world. Images have been submitted from 31 countries; including Zambia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Malawi, South Sudan, Morocco, Swaziland, Benin, Lesotho, Namibia, Djibouti, Cameroon, Liberia, Mali, Kenya, Madagascar, Niger, Senegal, Ghana, Sierra Leon, Botswana, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Egypt and Rwanda. Below this gallery are links to images for every country.
Ivory Coast looking down on roofs in a village (submitted by Konan Florent Koffi | Lesotho -litema- design painted on a Basotho rondeval (submitted by Edith Dunn). |
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Ghana fence2 (submitted by Kuukuwa Manful).jpg | Namibia the villagers were very creative people. Almost all the door houses were |
Rwanda detail of the door opening in a typical wattle & daub structure in rural | Rwanda recently re-plastered wall - exposure and unfinsished quality of the plas |
Rwanda typical planted fence in rural area (submitted by Philip Poduie).jpg | Mali Niongono village Views over Niongono from a roof top (submitted by Daniel S |
Mali Niongono village Views over Niongono from a roof top (submitted by Daniel S | Mali Niongono village Typical small path trough Niongono. The round tower is a v |
Mali Niongono village Kitchen yard of one of the quartiers of Niongono (submitte | Mali Niongono village House of the head (patron) of one of the big families of N |
Mali Niongono village typical house with the kitchen (left) a grain storage (sm | Mali Niongono village Roof tops on which agricultural produces are dried (submi |
Mali Niongono village Niongono, sitting on its rock, viewed from the surroundin | Hed_of_family's_house_with_the_impressive_façade,_a_ventilation_shaft_for_the_k |
Benin Temple vaudou (submitted by Kamirou Lafia Yarou).jpg | Benin Tata somba 4 (submitted by Kamirou Lafia Yarou).jpg |
Benin Tata somba 1 (submitted by Kamirou Lafia Yarou).jpg | Benin Tata somba 0 (submitted by Kamirou Lafia Yarou).jpg |
Kachitsa village www.malawiarchitecture.com.JPG | Kabomolo village www.malawiarchitecture.com.JPG |
Chisi village www.malawiarchitecture.com.JPG | Chimbaya village www,malawiarchitecture.com.JPG |
Chezi village www.malawiarchitecture.com.JPG | Chakwela village www.malawiarchitecture.com.JPG |
Chakhutupa village ww.malawiarchitecture.com.JPG | Bwanje village www.malawiarcitecture.com.JPG |
Malawi Sam's village underside of roof constructed with reeds (submitted by The | Malawi Sam's village thatch collected in Salima which is regarded as the best (s |
Malawi Sam's village roof structure being constructed on rammed earth walls (sub | Malawi Sam's village kitchen with porch covered with lants too cool (submitted b |
Malawi Sam's village half wall constructed with rammed earth (submitted by The L | Malawi Sams Village , roof detail (submitted by the Landirani Trust).JPG |
Rwanda_Kings_Hut_interior(submitted_by_Larsen_Payá)3.jpg | Rwanda_Kings_Hut_interior_(submitted_by_Larsen_Payá)2.jpg |
Rwanda_Kings_Hut_compound_(submitted_by_Larsen_Payá)4.jpg | Rwanda_Kings_Hut_(submitted_by_Larsen_Payá)1.jpg |
Rwanda_Kings_Hut__(submitted_by_Larsen_Payá)5.jpg | Swaziland www.swazilandarchitecture (7).JPG |
Swaziland www.swazilandarchitecture (6).JPG | Swaziland www.swazilandarchitecture (5).JPG |
Swaziland www.swazilandarchitecture (4).JPG | Swaziland www.swazilandarchitecture (3).JPG |
Swaziland www.swazilandarchitecture (2).JPG | Swaziland www.swazilandarchitecture (1).JPG |
Swaziland Cultural village www.swazilandarchitecture (5).JPG | Swaziland Cultural village www.swazilandarchitecture (4).JPG |
Swaziland Cultural village www.swazilandarchitecture (3).JPG | Swaziland Cultural village www.swazilandarchitecture (2).JPG |
Swaziland Cultural village www.swazilandarchitecture (1).JPG | South Sudan mud being applied to a wood frame (submitted by Fernando Nestor Mur |
South Sudan home construction with mud bricks (submitted by Fernando Nestor Muri | South Sudan home constructed with mud walls (submitted by Fernando Nestor Murill |
Zambia woman standing in front of her decorated home.jpg | Zambia woman plastering home.jpg |
Zambia thatch stored in bundles being applied to roof.jpg | Zambia structure being constructed with rammed earth.jpg |
Zambia social insaka on top of a termite mound.jpg | Zambia Man standing in front of his home wit a roof covered with flowering plant |
Zambia home being constructed with mud pressed in a paint can with the bottom cu | Zambia granary being constructed.jpg |
Zambia container constructed of weaved reeds to hold groundnuts.jpg | Zambia bricks are stacked to create a kiln which is then burned.jpg |
Zambia boy looking from behind reed fence.jpg | Ethiopia vernacular home inside a homestead (submitted by Abby Morris).jpg |
Ethiopia thatch being gathered (submitted by Abby Morris).jpg | Ethiopia round kitchen with thatch roof (submitted by Abby Morris).jpg |
Ethiopia mud and thatch home behind a wood pole fence (submitted by Abby Morrris | Ethiopia home constructed with mud applied on a wood frame close up (submitted b |
Ethiopia home constructed with mud applied on a wood frame (submitted by Abby Mo | Ethiopia home being constructed with a bamboo frame (submitted by Abby Morris).j |
Ethiopia girls standing in front of their home (submitted by Abby Morris).jpg | Ethiopia fence constructed of wood poles (submitted by Abby Morris).jpg |
Ethiopia circular home in a village (submitted by Abby Morris).jpg | Ethiopia circular home constructed of mud on a wood pole frame (submitted by Abb |
Ethiopia chicken coop roof frame ready to be thatched (submitted by Abby Morris) | Ethiopia chicken coop constructed with woven reeds (submitted by Abby Morris).jp |
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
CAR
Chad
Congo
Democratic Rep of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equitorial Guineal
Ethiopa
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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