CONTENTS Acknowledgments 6 INTRODUCTION 7 DWELLER, DWELLING, AND SETTING 8 CULTURAL FRAMEWORK 12 House as Project of Identity Picturing Soninke Dwellings 16 House as Inside and Outside Picturing Kassena Dwellings 28 House as Assurance of Social Viability Picturing Moba Dwellings 38 House as Vessel of Day and Night Picturing Nuna Dwellings 42 House as Life-Giving Speech 46 Picturing Jaxanke, Ko, and Mandmgo Dwellings House as Creative Source 52 Picturing Puguli and Bassari Dwellings House as Newborn 60 Picturing Kusasi and Birifor Dwellings House and Differential Space Picturing Moor Dwellings 68 House in the World's Image 75 Picturing Batammaliba Dwellings ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICES 82 Terrace-Roofed Dwellings 88 Nankani Dwelling 94 Lyela Dwelling 102 Dogon Cliff Dwelling 110 Tokolor Dwelling 118 Tokolor Mosques 128 Thatch-Roofed Dwellings 134 Konkomba Dwelling 138 Toffinu Lake Dwelling 142 Sereer Dwelling 146 Joola Impluvium Dwelling 152 Calabash Dome: Fulbe Dwelling 172 BIBLIOGRAPHY 184