Soul mounds in from of Batammaliba tata house Nadoba Taberma Valley Togo West Africa
The Batammaliba House Tata of Togo and Benin in West Africa is a multistory earthen dwelling with a flat terraced roof whose upper surface is frequently used for storage sleeping grain drying and shrine placement Although knowledge about construction is passed down generation to generation like the Hausa of Nigeria and many other cultures the architects of Batammaliba houses are professionals who take their work a bit more serious than most would think Batammaliba houses are considered anthropomorphic architecture because each wall and doorway every element of construction for that matter is a symbolic representation of the human world Houses are given not only humanistic qualities of the physical but of the soul as well and are integral to the lives of the people
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