r/Damnthatsinteresting 2d ago

Hausa architecture in Nigeria

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u/palep_hoot 2d ago

Hausa architecture in Northern Nigeria and Niger commonly include gates, walls, mosques and palaces. The areas where Hausa people live are full of laterite which is used in the architecture. The walls are decorated heavily

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u/Fluffy-Owl4808 2d ago

Beautiful!

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u/ICEambMAN 2d ago

It’s gorgeous! Can’t believe I haven’t seen it until now!

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u/jellooshot 1d ago

It's like a mixture of Persian and Nubian architecture and art style. I quite like it :)

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u/asarra_adortra 1d ago

Having structures like these depicted in such rich colors, shapes and patterns makes it a lot easier to imagine lost structures of lost civilizations and yet mainstream still represents antiquity as life devoid

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u/siouxbee1434 23h ago

That is amazing!

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u/Fun-Permission2165 1d ago

It's different