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Tubali : Hausa architecture in Northern Nigeria / written and directed by Sabine Jell-Bahlsen ; produced by Sabine Jell-Bahlsen, Ogbuide Corp. NYC and African Film and Video Productions, Ltd.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture, Hausa--Nigeria, Northern.
- Architecture, Hausa.
- Hausa (African people)--Social life and customs.
- Hausa (African people).
- Vernacular architecture--Nigeria, Northern.
- Vernacular architecture.
- Nigeria, Northern.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (44 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1994.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- Summary:
- The beautiful architecture of Hausa cities in Northern Nigeria is examined in this film. Local builders, architects, and a museum curator explain the development of the Hausa style and traditional methods of construction. Master craftsmen and their apprentices show how traditional architectural forms influence contemporary design. Hausa building technology, as well as the social, religious and aesthetics of Hausa architecture are also discussed.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014).
- Recorded in 1994 in Nigeria.
- OCLC:
- 877880377
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