#AfricanArchitecture hashtag - Bluesky

@jcalebfaw.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

African Stone Fortress - Thimlich Ohinga (Bite-Sized) YouTube video by From Nothing

<7 min watch
I recommended a video by this guy for Black History Month and I think he took it down due to low engagement.
I know at least one of y'all who follows me must need insp./refs for warm climate castle designs.

#AfricanArchitecture #Medieval #History

m.youtube.com/watch?v=gUXr...

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Ozi Ikoro

@oziikoro.bsky.social

1 month ago

IgboArchitecture
An Igbo compound entrance, in or near Önïcha. Photographed by Herbert Wimberley, c. 1903-18. Cambridge University Library. #TraditionalIgbo #IgboCulture #IgboHeritage #AfricanArchitecture #VernacularArchitecture

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Ozi Ikoro

@oziikoro.bsky.social

1 month ago

Igbo architecture: Compound (ǹgwùlù) entrance and high walls (aja ǹgwùlù), in or near Önïcha. Photographed by Herbert Wimberley, c. 1903-18. Cambridge University Library. #IgboCulture #IgboArchitecture #AfricanArchitecture #NigerianHistory #IgboHeritage #Onitsha

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Ozi Ikoro

@oziikoro.bsky.social

2 months ago

25 Oct. 1905. [Ibibio] Bridge (about 220 yards long) over Eduem stream [Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria].
PHOTO CREDIT: Charles Stanley Partridge
#IbibioHistory #AfricanArchitecture #NigerianHistory #AkwaIbom #ColonialPhotography

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@klyanadkmorr

@megancyber.bsky.social

2 months ago

Why Buying Land in Africa is So Hard: The 6-Generation Trap YouTube video by African Traditional Architecture

Why Buying #Land in #Africa is So Hard: The 6-Generation Trap
#AfricanArchitecture #LandOwnership #AfricanDiaspora
#CommonWealth

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia42...

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Ozi Ikoro

@oziikoro.bsky.social

1 year ago

Another rare view of a decorated wall at Ila [Illah], in the Western Igbo region, captured by British colonial anthropologist Northcote Thomas, October–November 1912.

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA), Cambridge.
#illah #anioma #igbo #igboarchitecture #westernigbo #africanarchitecture

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Ozi Ikoro

@oziikoro.bsky.social

1 year ago

A doorway in Agukwu Nri, present-day Anambra State, captured by British anthropologist Northcote Thomas, circa 1910-1911. MAA Cambridge.
#agukwunri #anambra #igboarchitecture #igboculture #africanarchitecture

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Ozi Ikoro

@oziikoro.bsky.social

1 year ago

Tiered seating constructed under the shade of trees in an Igbo village square, used for communal gatherings & public activities. This setup reflects the traditional organisation of social spaces in Igbo communities.

Photo: Gustaf Bolinder, 1930s. #igboarchive #architecture #africanarchitecture

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