Akan architecture is not only elaborate even in terms of function and building technology. It also presents, as a reflection of the people and their spirit of independence, a variety of forms and design principles that encode expressive messages which continue to astonish foreign observers. Various symbols are used as base relief or plinths, banisters, and walls in Akan archiculture.
The Fihankra (compound house) style of building consist of a central quadrangle which is enclosed on all four sides with rooms. Hhhhmmmmm!
Its in the stone!
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The Fihankra (compound house) style of building consist of a central quadrangle which is enclosed on all four sides with rooms. Hhhhmmmmm!
Its in the stone!
www.marshall.edu/akanart/akanadansie.html