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  2. Musgum mud hut - Wikipedia

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    A small circular opening at the top of the huts also helps with air circulation and is used as an escape hatch if subjected to flooding. [3] [9] This circular opening, a few inches in diameter, also known as a smoke hole, is closed with a slab or a pot during the rains to prevent water entering the house. Entrance is provided by a single door ...

  3. African round hut - Wikipedia

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    Inside a hut looking towards the ceiling. An African round hut is a seen as vernacular architecture since they are built of readily available materials. The huts can be built using mud, cow spillings, bricks or grass in some cases. A new mud hut will last 1-2 years, depending on the amount of rain and erosion.

  4. Rondavel - Wikipedia

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    Rondavels can be found in the countries of Southern Africa, [4] including: South Africa, Lesotho (where the hut is also known as a mokhoro), Eswatini, Botswana, and others. In Réunion they exist only in public places, for picnics for example. In different areas, there are small local variations in wall height, roof pitch and general finish.

  5. Architecture of Africa - Wikipedia

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    A common theme in traditional African architecture is the use of fractal scaling: small parts of the structure tend to look similar to larger parts, such as a circular village made of circular houses. [1] African architecture in some areas has been influenced by external cultures for centuries, according to available evidence.

  6. Architecture of Zimbabwe - Wikipedia

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    Traditional huts in rural Zimbabwe. Homesteads in Zimbabwe have remained largely unchanged since the time of Great Zimbabwe. A village in Chapungu Sculpture Park uses tall grass as a natural fence, similar to the Hill Complexes of that time. The structure of the wall combines natural and artificial elements to provide a safe space for residents.

  7. Stilt house - Wikipedia

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    The house posts are also distinctively capped with larger-diameter discs at the top, to prevent vermin and pests from entering the structures by climbing them. Austronesian houses and other structures are usually built in wetlands and alongside bodies of water, but can also be built in the highlands or even directly on shallow water. [7] [6] [8 ...

  8. Hut - Wikipedia

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    Heartebeest Huthut used by South African Trekboer built of reeds, sometimes plastered with mud. Hytte – Norwegian cabin or hut; Igloo – a hut made of hard snow or ice; Kolba – Afghanistan hut; Khata – Ukrainian traditional whitewashed wattle-and-daub hut, usually with two rooms, loft, and straw roof

  9. Nama people - Wikipedia

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    The Nama people's hut, also called matjieshuis, is a round hut traditionally made of beautifully designed reed mats on a skeleton of sticks. It corresponds to their nomadic life of the past; matjieshuis is still part of the life of the inhabitants of Richtersveld– a region made up of mountainous deserts in the northwest of South Africa.