Hindrances to Vernacular Architecture of Northern Nigeria

I. I. Danja; S.G. Dalibi; Anvar Safarov

Authors

I. I. Danja
S.G. Dalibi
Anvar Safarov

Keywords:

buildings, factors, hausa-fulani, hindering, northern nigeria, vernacular architecture

Abstract

Nigeria is a country located in the Western part of Africa. The country is a multinational state with diverse ethnicity of which the three most notable are the Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, and Yoruba; these ethnic groups speak over 500 different languages and share a wide variety of cultures. The Hausa-Fulani are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa and also a diverse and culturally homogeneous people living mainly in the Sahelian and Sudan savannah region of Northern Nigeria. They mostly live in small villages or towns in Africa, where they grow crops, raise livestock, and engage in trade. The trade influenced political development as ideas (and people) from the Middle East and North Africa made their way south to these cities. Such movements especially due to trades led to an exchange of ideas, cultural practices, and socialization, etc. have a significant impact on the Hausa-Fulani's way of life as confirmed in their traditional building designs and construction processes.

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Hindrances to Vernacular Architecture of Northern Nigeria. (2019). Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 19(C2), 1-8. https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/2864

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