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Showing posts with label Mangrove Villages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mangrove Villages. Show all posts
Sunday, September 11, 2005

Ganvié the "Venice of West Africa"

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The architecture of most West African below sea level mangrove villages is dominated by buildings on stilts or poles. One of the most notabl...
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Ugo Okafor
Ugo Okafor is an Architect with extensive professional experience in Asia, Africa and Europe. His major interests are sustainable tropical architecture with an emphasis on the adaptation of local materials to the built environment. Chika Okafor is a serial entrepreneur that co-writes for Spectrum Women.
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