African Indigenous Architecture Digital Archive
A digital repository of indigenous African architecture, preserving cultural heritage through community contributions.
How to contribute and explore the archive
Create Account
Sign up with your Gmail account or email address
Navigate to Regional Folders
Select the appropriate regional folder, and country for your content
Upload Your Content
Share images, videos and pdf documents of your content
Name Files Properly
Include a brief description, country and community/tribe name in all file names. Example - Mijikenda Indigenous Architecture from Kenya
Submit Your Content
Hit the submit button and you are all good to go
Explore Our Digital Archive By Region
East African Architecture
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Burundi, Rwanda, Djibouti, Comoros, Eritrea, Seychelles, Mauritius, South Sudan, Reunion, Mayotte, French Southernn and Antarctic Lands
Central African Architecture
Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Chad, Central African Republic, Congo - the Democratic Republic, São Tomé and Príncipe
West African Architecture
Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, Liberia, Ghana, The Gambia, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Guinea, Togo, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Cabot Verde, Saint-Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
South African Architecture
South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Angola, Malawi, Madagascar
North African Architecture
Algeria, Egypt, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Sudan.
