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Re: The Architecture Of Pre-colonial Africa - Photos by MtuMsuper: 2:27pm On Apr 11, 2017
The French had to chop off the nose of the sphinx, it was too african for their liking. Op, you have the 2 conical huts labelled East Africa. I dont recognise from which part, please elaborate.
Re: The Architecture Of Pre-colonial Africa - Photos by MtuMsuper: 2:31pm On Apr 11, 2017
More Bamoun. i love the bamoun traditional architecture. They clearly understood the door lintel and the role of the column in spreading loads to the ground.

Re: The Architecture Of Pre-colonial Africa - Photos by MtuMsuper: 2:38pm On Apr 11, 2017
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Re: The Architecture Of Pre-colonial Africa - Photos by baby124: 9:19pm On Apr 11, 2017
MtuMsuper:
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This is Uganda right? I think I saw this in a documentary. The ancient houses are so beautiful in that country! Really beautiful! Wow!

OP,
I love the buildings in Timbuktu. It really shows that above the earth there are sufficient building materials. Those mud bricks used in the buildings are as durable as cement. If not more. They have been there for 100's of years. A Cement house would have fallen apart. I hope the building techniques are not extinct. I stand to be corrected but this is my observation.
Re: The Architecture Of Pre-colonial Africa - Photos by MtuMsuper: 10:17pm On Apr 11, 2017
baby124:

This is Uganda right? I think I saw this in a documentary. The ancient houses are so beautiful in that country! Really beautiful! Wow!

OP,
I love the buildings in Timbuktu. It really shows that above the earth there are sufficient building materials. Those mud bricks used in the buildings are as durable as cement. If not more. They have been there for 100's of years. A Cement house would have fallen apart. I hope the building techniques are not extinct. I stand to be corrected but this is my observation.
Actually its Bamoun from Cameroun. Rhymes.
Those are not mud and thatch, but wood and thatch. Carved in relief art form. Walls of bamboo.
Re: The Architecture Of Pre-colonial Africa - Photos by baby124: 10:32pm On Apr 11, 2017
MtuMsuper:

Actually its Bamoun from Cameroun. Rhymes.
Those are not mud and thatch, but wood and thatch. Carved in relief art form. Walls of bamboo.
Wow, very beautiful. There is one I saw from Uganda. Also extremely beautiful. I can even sleep there today. grin
Re: The Architecture Of Pre-colonial Africa - Photos by baby124: 10:54pm On Apr 11, 2017
Rossik, do something on Tombs of Buganda kings. Those were the structures I thought were Uganda houses. They are so beautiful.
Re: The Architecture Of Pre-colonial Africa - Photos by Yusluv6020: 10:11am On Feb 24, 2021
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