One of the most common images that come to mind when Africa is mentioned are huts.

These simple one room structures made from clay and thatch are extremely common throughout rural parts of the African continent.

One can say they are the hallmark of a definitive architectural ingenuity, which has contributed soley on the beauty of Africa.

Below are some of the huts.

Basotho hut, Lesotho.

House of a Fulani chief in Ghana

Kbaka Mwenda, Uganda

Navrongo house-Saboro-Ghana

Rwanda's king hut

Swazi hut

The Bandiagara cliff in Mali

Tuareg village, Libya

Sudan hut

Intricate pattern house in Cameroon

Early colonia-Africa-culture hut-Nigeria

Ndebele home