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Zulu architecture
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The built vernacular traditions of the amaZulu people.
Their traditional architecture follows customary lines and its construction and planning and associated nomenclature closely related to these customs. Traditionally these were hemispherical or beehive structures on sprung lath frameworks and intricate thatching and weave. In more recent times these have been supplanted by more conventional materials and forms.
For nomenclature of building parts and dwelling types and spaces see Frescura and Myeza 2016:202, 203 + 204; for the construction techniques of specific clan see Knuffel 1973; for a generic discription of the type see Bierman 'Indlu: the domed dwelling of the Zulu' in Oliver 1971:96-105; also Frescura 1981 39-43, 44.
[Compare Tswana architecture].
Books linked to this entry
| Frescura, Franco. 1981. Rural shelter in South Africa : a survey of the architecture, house forms, and constructional methods of the black rural peoples of southern Africa. Johannesburg: Ravan Press pp 39-44 +ills |
| Frescura, Franco & Myeza, Joyce . 2017. Illustrated glossary of southern African architectural terms; English-isiZulu. Pietermaritzburg: UKZN Press pp 202-204, 206 ills, 207 |
| Knuffel, Werner E. 1973. The construction of the Bantu grass hut. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt pp All |
| Oliver, Paul (Editor). 1971. Shelter in Africa. London: Barrie & Jenkins pp 96-105 |
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