Mali, Houses on the road to Guinea

[Photo credit : Sociolingo Africa]

African architecture fascinates me. When I was working in Mali I noticed considerable differences in houses in various parts of the country. I took this picture of a group of houses (a compound) on the road to Guinea, Mali,  in 2000. I had not seen houses painted like these before. The houses are made from mud brick with conical shape thatched roofs.The paint for the decoration is a kind of coloured mud. Some of the ‘houses’ are storehouses. These are considerably smaller than the ‘living’ buildings. The grey walled house to the of the picture is most likely a kitchen, the apertures allow the smoke from the wood fire to escape.

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