Shelter in AfricaPaul Oliver "Presents a collection of writings by architects and planners who have made studies in many parts of Africa, anthropologists who have worked with tribal societies, and a number of contributors who are native to the communities and peoples they discuss ... discusses population distribution, linguistic areas, and natural resources that effect building types and planning forms ... regional discussion also provides comparisons among different construction techniques within the tradition and leads to an examination of change occasioned by urbanization"--Dustjacket. |
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Africa Ait Usa Arab architecture Ashanti baKosi bamboo bidonville bidonville residents building built camel caniços cement central centre century Chencha chief cloth cm long coast colonial compound head construction courtyard culture Dahomey decorated door economic entrance Ethiopia Ethiopian European farming fish floor front Fulani Ganvié Gedi Ghana Ghardaia ground Gurage Hausa house-types household indigenous Kababish Kano kinship kitchen Koidu ksour Kumasi Kwamo lake land laterite lineage living London Malawi materials mats ment mosque Mozabite Mzab Nabdam Nigeria nomadic oases organisation Ouémé palm pattern plaster poles population rainy season rectangular region roof rope rural Sahara settlements shantytowns Sidamo side social society space stone street structure Tekna tent thatch Tigré tion town trade traditional tribes unit urban urbanisation usually velum village wall wife wives women Zaria Zulu