7,497
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
HISTORY

Traditional architectural mud huts in Africa: Forms, aesthetics, history and preservation in South-eastern Nigeria

ORCID Icon, &
Article: 2188781 | Received 07 Mar 2022, Accepted 03 Mar 2023, Published online: 19 Mar 2023

References

  • Adeshina, A., Yaccb-Halis, & Oloruntoba, S. O. (2021). Pathways to alternative epistemologies in Africa. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Aligwekwe, P. E. (2008). The continuity of traditional values in the African society. Xlibris Corporation.
  • Basden, G. T. (1966). Niger Ibos. Barnes and Noble.
  • Buck, G. G., & Jones, J. B. (2004). Early Africa. Milliken publishing company.
  • Chuku, G. (2005). Igbo women and economic transformation in southeastern Nigeria, 1900 to 1960. Routledge.
  • Connah, G. (2015). African civilizations: An archaeological perspective. Cambridge University Press.
  • Davidson, J., & Wibberley, G. (1977). Planning and the rural environment: Urban and regional planning series. Pergamon press.
  • Dmochowski, Z. R. (1990). An introduction to Nigerian traditional architecture: South-the Igbo-speaking people. University of Michigan: Ethnographica.
  • Dutton, T. A., & Mann, L. H. (1966). Reconstructing architecture: Critical discourses and social Practices. University of Minneapolis press.
  • Elleh, N. (2017). Architecture and politics in Nigeria: The study of a late twentieth-century enlightenment – inspired modernism at Abuja, 1900-2016. Taylor and Francis.
  • Ellong, E., & Chehab, D. (2019). The African dwelling: From traditional to Western style home.North Carolina: McFarland & co. Inc. Publishers.
  • Falola, T. (2001). Culture and Customs of Nigeria. Greenwood publishing.
  • Falola, T., & Heaton, M. N. (2008). A history of Nigeria. Cambridge University Press Cambridge.
  • Fertis, D. G., & Fertis, A. (1998). historical evolution of infrastructure. Vantage Press.
  • Gerdes, P. (2013). Women, art and geometry in Southern Africa. Africa World Press, Inc.
  • Gray, R. F., & Gulliver, P. H. (2013). The family estate in Africa: Studies in the role of property in family structure and lineage continuity. Routledge.
  • Grinker, R. R., Luckermann, S. C., & Steiner, C. B. (2010). Perspectives on Africa: A reader in culture, history and representation. John Wiley and sons.
  • Hayden, B. (2018). The power of ritual in prehistory: Secret societies and origins of social complexity. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
  • Ibimilua, A. F., & Ibitoye, O. A. (2015). Housing policy in Nigeria: An overview. America International Journal of Contemporary Research, 5(2; April), 53–15.
  • Lamprakos, M. (2015). Building a world heritage city Sanna, Yemen. Routlegde.
  • Levan, A. C. (2019). Contemporary Nigerian politics competition in a time of transition and terror. Cambridge UniverityPpress.
  • Lewcock, R. (1984), ‘Preservation versus modernization’. In Y. R. Isah The challenge to our cultural heritage, proceedings of a conference on cultural preservation, D.C. Washington
  • Locatelli, F., & Nugent, P. (2009). African cities. Brill.
  • Loew, S. (1998). Modern architecture in historic cities: Policy, planning and building in contemporary. Routledge.
  • Marcus, G. E. (1995). Ethnography in/of the world system: The emergence of multi-sited ethnography. Annu. Annual Review of Anthropology, 24(1), 95–117. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.an.24.100195.000523
  • Mbiti, J. (1991). Introduction to African religion. Heinemann.
  • Mitias, M. H. (1999). Architecture and civilization. Netherlands: Rodopi.
  • Mura, G. (2015). Analyzing art, culture and design in the digital age. Information Science Reference.
  • Ndandani, M. (2015). Living in a hut in 21st century South Africa. South Africa; Sun media.
  • Okoh, M. (2012). Fostering Christian faith in schools and Christian communities through Igbo traditional values. Lit Verlag.
  • Onwuakpa, S. I. (2016). Visuality and representation in traditional Igbo uli body and wall paintings. Africa Research Review, 10(2), http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/afrrev.v10i2.23.
  • Onyejegbu, M. N. (2014, March). Cultural heritage and tourism development in Nigeria: Towards maximizing museum potentials. Journal of Tourism and Heritage Studies, 3(2), 46–59.
  • Parcel, S. (2012). Four historical definitions of architecture. Mcgill-Queen university press.
  • Peel, J. D. Y. (2015). Christianity Islam, and Orisa-Religion: Three traditions in comparison and Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.8
  • Radoine, H. (2017). Architecture in context: Designing in the Middle East. John Wiley and sons United Kingdom.
  • Rael, R. (2009). Earth architecture. Princeton architectural press.
  • Rio, K., MacCarty, M., & Blanes, R. (2017). Pentecostalism and witchcraft: Spiritual warfare in Africa and Melanesia. Palgrave Macmillan. Switzerland.
  • Sander, R. R. (2013). Legend of Uli women of Nigeria: Their life stories in signs, symbols and Motifs. USA: Library of congress.
  • Sayigh, A. (2019). Sustainable vernacular architecture: How the past can enrich the future. Springer nature.
  • Udechukwu, O. (1990). Uli: Traditional wall painting and modern art from Nigeria. Iwalewa-Hausa.
  • UNESCO. (2009), Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue: World Report. UNESCO World series.
  • United Nations Settlements Programme. (2003), The challenge of slums: Global report on human settlements, UN-Habitat, United Nations.
  • Vansina, J. (2013). Art history in Africa. Routledge.