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[padoukdesign]

Last topic for Black History Month 2021: our last abode. Funerals are one of the most, if not the most, important life rituals and events among many ethnic groups in Cameroon. It’s usually a multi-day event, and often part of the road will be taken out of commission for a few days, to accommodate seating in front of the deceased family home. Sometimes, there will be an event up to 10 years after a person’s death, as the children will save up their money to hold a wonderful celebration. Our last abode is the tomb… The last chapter of The African Dwelling from Traditional to Western Style Homes covers the topic of funeral traditions and tomb architecture. Photos: burial of a well-known person in Douala; sidewalk setup for a wake; Bamileke dancer headed to an event. #architecture #africa #africanarchitecture #afritecture #anthropology #africansociety #africanhistory #worldhistory #book #culture #africanculture #evolutionofhousing #dwellings #dwell #tradition #traditional #fromtraditionaltowestern #evolving #housing #cameroon #douala #blackhistorymonth2021 #bamileke #lifeevents #ourlastabode https://www.instagram.com/p/CLsX39mhXvO/?igshid=815ke4fs9y3u

[padoukdesign]

Honoring Black History Month, I am presenting themes from the book "The African Dwelling from Traditional to Western Style Homes (by Epee Ellong with Diane Chehab, Foreword by Jack Travis; McFarland). 4. Kitchen and cooking One of our basic needs is food, and humankind has been cooking since prehistory. The African kitchen has much evolved in the past 100 years. Especially in rural areas, people still have traditional kitchens (pictured). To know more about how kitchens (and the art of cooking) have evolved in Africa, pick up a copy of the book, available from your local bookseller, from the @mcfarlandpub site, Barnes & Noble Nook, Walmart, or Amazon. #architecture #africa #africanarchitecture #afritecture #anthropology #africansociety #africanhistory #worldhistory #book #culture #africanculture #evolutionofhousing #dwellings #dwell #tradition #traditional #fromtraditionaltowestern #evolving #housing #cameroon #douala #mcfarland #blackhistorymonth2021 #epeeellong #society #blackhistory #cooking #kitchen #household @bookpassage https://www.instagram.com/p/CKzKGTOBywE/?igshid=16ac4ai4b2lrb

[padoukdesign]

For Black History Month, I am presenting themes from the book "The African Dwelling from Traditional to Western Style Homes (by Epee Ellong with Diane Chehab, Foreword by Jack Travis; McFarland). 2: Family (who lives where and with whom): In Cameroon, as in other African countries, households are often multigenerational. Grandparents live with their children’s families, sometimes even great-grandparents. An uncle and/or aunt, a cousin whose parents live in a village and who needs to be in the city, orphaned nieces and nephews: the list of possible inhabitants of the same household is extensive. To know more about how families live together in Africa, pick up a copy of the book: The African Dwelling from Traditional to Western Style Homes! @McFarlandPub #architecture #africa #africanarchitecture #afritecture #anthropology #africansociety #africanhistory #worldhistory #book #culture #africanculture #evolutionofhousing #dwellings #dwell #tradition #traditional #fromtraditionaltowestern #evolving #housing #cameroon #douala #mcfarland #blackhistorymonth2021 #epeeellong #jacktravis #family #society #intergenerational https://www.instagram.com/p/CKroANBhIr9/?igshid=xe4gvcg7rp66

[nathandevelopment]

🌴🏠🌳 ------------- #nyumba #Turiani #Morogoro #Tanzania #everydayafrica #afritecture (at Turiani, Morogoro, Tanzania)

[eyemodernist]

Red Pepper House - Lamu, Kenya

The large estate was built with the strict requirement that it balance harmoniously with the surrounding forests and nature. Open air architecture and local materials were used to create the structure. 

In the Swahili architecture the makuti roof is used as a structure over the roof of the house to join open areas to enclosed areas (bedrooms and baths). The majority of the estate has no walls to reduce the number of mangrove trees cut for construction.  

Local materials such as timber and coral stone ensured that the project had minimal impact on the environment with a very low carbon footprint. Local craftsmen intricately completed the traditional handiwork. 

The home is also sustainable using solar energy to generate power. Passive cooling and cross ventilation is used to cool the estate. 

The result is the beautiful environmentally friendly home that looks to belong in the forest as much as the parrots and mangroves that surround it.