West African architecture

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/West_African_architecture

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:architectural_style
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Hausa_people gptkb:Ashanti_Kingdom gptkb:Dogon_people gptkb:Yoruba_people gptkb:Mossi_people Mali Empire Songhai Empire
gptkbp:conservationStatus	subject to restoration efforts vulnerable to erosion
gptkbp:feature	decorative reliefs earthen construction wooden toron beams courtyard houses ornamental facades conical thatched roofs fortified compounds mosques with minarets sudanese-sahelian style
gptkbp:function	gptkb:King religious residential commercial defensive
gptkbp:influencedBy	Islamic architecture indigenous African traditions
gptkbp:material	gptkb:wood thatched roof mudbrick
gptkbp:notableCity	gptkb:Kumasi gptkb:Ouagadougou Kano Djenné Timbuktu
gptkbp:notableExample	gptkb:Larabanga_Mosque gptkb:Great_Mosque_of_Djenné gptkb:Kano_city_walls Royal Palaces of Abomey
gptkbp:period	colonial era pre-colonial era post-colonial era
gptkbp:recognizedBy	gptkb:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Sites
gptkbp:region	gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Sudano-Sahelian_architecture Sub-Saharan African architecture
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Shotgun_House
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	West African architecture