Put me up on African Architecture

[L2014]

I want the truth.

After seeing some drawings and reading descriptions from outsiders on the pre-cac state of the continent I'm curious.

I never once believed my ancestral homelands were nothing but straw and dookie huts built the same way regardless of differing weather, geographical or trade influence.

Ancient Benin drawings are.

But they couldn't have been the only West Africans building on such a scale with such strength, structure, and societal complexity. What came before?

I refuse to believe African architecture started in the 15th century with some ugly french or portuguese made eyesore that was built with no resistance from the nearby peoples.

Tell me about the others

@Diasporan Royalty

 

[Anhur]

Here are some pictures of Somali and Swahili architecture.

Somali

Swahili

Rhapta (an ancient lost city that is underwater on the coast of Tanzania)

 

[Anhur]

These are some marvellous buildings from West Africa

Mali

These are some ancient remains from Mauritania -the ancestors of the Ghana Empire-

The Benin Wal is the biggest construction humans have ever accomplished. I think it 3 times longer than the Chinese wall!