What are houses in africa made from?

Answer 1

It depends on the region of Africa and class. In the north (Saharan countries) poor people's homes are built of low grade sand and mud, while middle and upper class homes are built of higher quality of sand and mud, due to the climate. In the nations near the equator, the poor people's homes are built of discarded medals and wood, resembling shacks, while middle and upper class homes are built of brick and sometimes brick and wood. In the southern part of Africa (South Africa and Botswana) poor people's homes are identical to those near the equator. And middle and upper class homes are made of brick, brick and wood, and some are even made of marble and granite. South Africa and Botswana probably have the best constructed homes.

Answer 2

Africa is a really really big place. There is no one type of housing, so the question is not really very sensible.

In urban areas houses are typically made of brick or cement block or reinforced concrete, roofed with tiles or roof sheeting of various kinds. There are often extensive slums where people live in shanties made of corrugated iron, plywood, cardboard, plastic sheeting and available natural materials.

In rural areas wealthier people have urban style homes. Poorer people have traditional style homes. The traditional style homes are made of local materials to reduce costs. Typically this is some form of adobe - straw and mud, or sundried mud bricks. In warmer areas walls may just be wooden or reed screens.

Roofing is typically a grass thatch or a palm leaf thatch, or, in low rainfall areas a flat roof of the same material as the wall.

Answer 3

African houses vary, but for the most part they are very simple. In more upscale parts of Africa they are more European having been left over from the British and the Dutch. But the houses in the villages are very round and made of mud and straw or just mud. Usually there is just one room and a small compound. Some tribes will paint their houses with bright designs.

Answer 4

About two centuries ago, most of the Afican nations lived in huts. These huts were made from material found in the bush e.g. straw, twigs and sticks, mud, blood from cattle mixed with gravel (used to make hard and shiny floors) and cow dung. The houses' structure were made from either mud or sticks, depending on the tradition of the tribe and almost all of the huts' roofs' were made from straw. There were no toilets in the huts. A seperate and small (about 1m x 1m in size) toilet was errected outside. This toilet had no Plumbing, just a deep hole.

The houses became more modernised later due to settler influences. Cement bricks are very popular nowdays to construct houses in Africa. but still find a lot of huts in Africa, although they aren't as traditional as in the pass. Back then, the huts were painted with different patterns and in various coulors, identifying the tribe.

Answer 5

we lay on the ground ans sleep like a portable bed

Answer 6

It depends where you are. Some are made of mud, straw, iron sheets, or normal brick houses

Answer 7

they are facts about houses from africa

Answer 8

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