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    The document describes various traditional architectural structures from Africa, including their locations and purposes. It discusses residential structures like huts, houses, and buildings from countries such as Lesotho, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ethiopia, Morocco, Chad, Kenya, Cameroon and South Africa. Religious structures mentioned include mosques from Mali, Sudan and Ghana. Other entries describe defensive walls and granaries for storage.

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    The document describes various traditional architectural structures from Africa, including their locations and purposes. It discusses residential structures like huts, houses, and buildings from countries such as Lesotho, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ethiopia, Morocco, Chad, Kenya, Cameroon and South Africa. Religious structures mentioned include mosques from Mali, Sudan and Ghana. Other entries describe defensive walls and granaries for storage.

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    ARC 312 - African Traditional Architecture

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    THE BASOTHO HUT

    LOCATION: LESOTHO, SOUTH


    AFRICA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    QUEEN AMINA’S WALL


    LOCATION: ZAZZAU, ZARIA
    PURPOSE: PROTECTION DURING WAR

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    TRADITIONAL GRANARIES
    LOCATION: SOUTHERN NIGER
    PURPOSE: AGRICULTURAL
    (STORAGE)

    TREE HOUSE
    LOCATION: SOUTH AFRICA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    2
    THE FORTIFIED ADOBE KSAR
    OF TATAOUINE
    LOCATION: TUNISIA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    GRASS HUT
    LOCATION: TURKANA TRIBE, NORTHERN
    KENYA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    3
    TATA SOMBA BUILDING
    LOCATION: BENIN AND TOGO
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    GAOUI VILLAGE HUT


    LOCATION: N’DJAMENA, CHAD
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    4
    LARABANGA MOSQUE
    LOCATION: GHANA
    PURPOSE: RELIGIOUS

    THE GREAT MOSQUE OF DJENNE’


    LOCATION: DJENNE’, MALI
    PURPOSE: RELIGIOUS

    5
    IGEDE VILLAGE WINDOWLESS
    HUT: ROOF
    LOCATION: BENUE STATE,
    NIGERIA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    IGEDE VILLAGE WINDOWLESS HUT


    LOCATION: BENUE STATE, NIGERIA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    6
    MUSGUM MUD HUTS
    LOCATION: CAMEROON
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    TUAREG TENT
    LOCATION: SAHARA DESERT
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    7
    THE BEEHIVE HUT OF THE
    SWAZI AND ZULU
    LOCATION: SOUTH AFRICA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    THE BEEHIVE HUT OF THE SWAZI AND


    ZULU
    LOCATION: SOUTH AFRICA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    8
    THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT
    LOCATION: EGYPT
    PURPOSE: BURIAL

    ETHIOPIAN HUT
    LOCATION: ETHIOPIA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    9
    MOSQUE
    LOCATION: TIMBUKTU, MALI
    PURPOSE: RELIGIOUS

    ZULU HUT
    LOCATION: SOUTH AFRICA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    10
    MOSQUE
    LOCATION: TIMBUKTU, MALI
    PURPOSE: RELIGIOUS

    KABASH (MUD AND CLAY) HOUSES


    LOCATION: MOROCCO
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    11
    THE EARTHEN HOUSE OF
    GURUNSI
    LOCATION: BURKINA FASO
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    THE EARTHEN HOUSE OF GURUNSI


    LOCATION: BURKINA FASO
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    12
    TATA SOMBA BUILDING
    LOCATION: BENIN AND TOGO
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    ASANTE TRADITIONAL BUILDING


    LOCATION: GHANA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    13
    THE PYRAMIDS OF MEROE
    LOCATION: MEROE, SUDAN AND
    ANCIENT NUBIA
    PURPOSE: BURIAL

    THE TEMPLE OF AMUN


    LOCATION: NAQA, SUDAN
    PURPOSE: RELIGIOUS

    14
    THE PAINTED HOUSES OF
    NDEBELLE
    LOCATION: SOUTH AFRICA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    THE PAINTED HOUSES OF NDEBELLE


    LOCATION: SOUTH AFRICA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    15
    THE NORTHERN HOUSES OF
    NIGERIA
    LOCATION: NIGERIA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    THE NORTHERN HOUSES OF NIGERIA


    LOCATION: NIGERIA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    16
    THE NORTHERN HOUSES OF
    NIGERIA
    LOCATION: NIGERIA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

    THE NORTHERN HOUSES OF NIGERIA


    LOCATION: NIGERIA
    PURPOSE: RESIDENTIAL

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