The Architecture of a Lela Compound
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9025964 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean-Paul Bourdier, Trinh T Minh-Ha, Trinh T Minh‐ha |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Publication date | 1982-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Arts (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9933 • E-ISSN: 1937-2108 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3335938 |
| OpenAlex | W2138183647 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
T he Lela, an ethnic group within the Gurunsi cluster of Voltaic languages, are located roughly northwest of Koudougou and east of the Black Volta River in central Upper Volta. The Lela village of Poa is one of the few that still retain traditional building techniques and offer little evidence of urban influence. Its two quarters, four kilometers apart, are Poa and Zyilliwele, but Poa is the oldest of the two and gives its name to the entire village. The compound we have chosen for our research is in Zyilliwele, established around 1920 by a man named Bahala Dano, who belonged to the first settlement in Poa. Zyilliwele consists of about ten homesteads or compounds, 150 to 300 meters apart and dispersed over one kilometer along a shallow depression. Each is surrounded by cultivated land and is from 30 to 200 meters from the main
Art · Computer architecture · Visual arts · African history and culture studies · Architecture · Computer Science · Land Rights and Reforms · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
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