Housing

Nigerian Pictures

HOUSING

Cactus fence
for demarcating property

Cactus fences
for keeping animals out of crops

Corn stalks drying for fencing or roofs

Tiv compound
Man's house

Tiv compound
Wife's house
( A Tiv may have more than one wife)

The inside of a Tiv wife's house

Tiv's store their grain in this to keep rodents from eating it.

Rukuba compound
A wall connects each hut to provide protection from others.

Rukuba compounds are built in rocky areas.

The inside of a Rukuba house

Building a school
There are no loans so one builds until they run out of money and resume building when they have more money.

Sifting sand
This will be mixed with water and applied to the walls.

A man applying the mixture to the walls.

Larger houses are surrounded by walls to provide protection.

Gates may be guarded a dog.

Gates may also be guarded by a hired man.

Shards of metal are inserted into the top of the wall to discourage people from climbing over the walls.

Shards of glass in the top of the wall provide security.

There is no garbage pick up so people often put it into a pile in their yard and burn it.

"419" is a scam where someone sells property that doesn't belong to them. A property owner might protect themselves by putting up a sign as above.

Another way to avoid the scam

Cement blocks are often used in constructing buildings.

Termites are a problem which is one reason wood is rarely used in building.

Tin is often used as a material for roofs.

Larger cities in Nigeria are overcrowded.

These numbers were for the National Census. They indicate the state capital town (Jos) and its suburb (Bukuru).

Medical building

Yard inside of a wall.

Cactus fence for demarcating property	Cactus fences for keeping animals out of crops	Corn stalks drying for fencing or roofs	Tiv compound Man's house
Tiv compound Wife's house ( A Tiv may have more than one wife)	The inside of a Tiv wife's house	Tiv's store their grain in this to keep rodents from eating it.	Rukuba compound A wall connects each hut to provide protection from others.
Rukuba compounds are built in rocky areas.	The inside of a Rukuba house	Building a school There are no loans so one builds until they run out of money and resume building when they have more money.	Sifting sand This will be mixed with water and applied to the walls.
A man applying the mixture to the walls.	Larger houses are surrounded by walls to provide protection.	Gates may be guarded a dog.	Gates may also be guarded by a hired man.
Shards of metal are inserted into the top of the wall to discourage people from climbing over the walls.	Shards of glass in the top of the wall provide security.	There is no garbage pick up so people often put it into a pile in their yard and burn it.	"419" is a scam where someone sells property that doesn't belong to them. A property owner might protect themselves by putting up a sign as above.
Another way to avoid the scam	Cement blocks are often used in constructing buildings.	Termites are a problem which is one reason wood is rarely used in building.	Tin is often used as a material for roofs.
Larger cities in Nigeria are overcrowded.	These numbers were for the National Census. They indicate the state capital town (Jos) and its suburb (Bukuru).	Medical building	Yard inside of a wall.