thatched huts


The Vanyama people lived in these stone and thatch huts with the charactaristic pit for keeping their livestock safe from animal and human marauders during the nights and were built around 1600AD


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Location: Nyanga National Park Eastern Highlands Zimbabwe.
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves; Agfa Awards Winner / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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