African Architecture Essays

African Architecture

African Architecture, like other aspects of African culture, is extremely diverse. Many ethno-linguistic groups throughout the history of Africa have had their own architectural traditions. From the Nubian pyramids of Meroe to the Great Mosque of Kairouan, African architecture has and always will fascinate archeologists and society as a whole because of its rich history and common themes it shares with todays structures and buildings. One common theme in much traditional African architecture is the use of fractal scaling, which means that smaller structures tend to look like the bigger ones. Their architecture uses a wide range of materials such as wood, mud, mud brick, rammed earth, and stone. The materials Africans use is also dependent on the region that they...