INDIGENOUS AFRICAN ARCHITECTURE
by Rene Gardi, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company [1973]
In danger of Fundamentalist fervour, some of these buildings have been destroyed.....alas.
In danger of Fundamentalist fervour, some of these buildings have been destroyed.....alas.
Upper Volta - Large round house of a Peulh family, with woven straw walls and a double roof.
Imposing facade of a town house in Djenne on the Upper Niger, Mali. The windows betry Moorish influence
Rows of columns create aisles in mosque interiors: Dosso, Niger.
The mosque of Mopti, Mali, now unfortunately hemmed in by modern buildings.
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