The incredible potential of intellectual property in the pre-colonial architecture of Cameroon
Cameroon has an extraordinary diversity of architectural forms. A product of ancestral traditional societies, this architecture was modeled on the constraints of the ecological environments in which the techniques were tested. In the densely forested south, the Fangs, Beti, Boulou, Sawa, Maka, Bamiléké, and Pygmies have exploited the materials nature has to offer to develop […]
The incredible potential of intellectual property in pre-colonial architecture in Cameroon
The case of Sudano-Sahelian area. In the Adamaoua and Nord regions, savannah is the dominant plant formation. The Far North region, on the other hand, is located in the Sahelian zone. In this area, works with raw or baked clay is highly developed. In addition to seasonal agricultural activities, the region’s architectural production is significant […]