For centuries, complex adobe structures, many of them quite massive, have been built in the Sahel region of western Africa, including the countries of Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. Made of earth mixed with water, these ephemeral buildings display a remarkable diversity of form, human ingenuity, and originality. British photographer James Morris offers a stunning visual survey of these structures, from monumental mosques to family homes, in a traveling exhibition of 50 photographs, organized and toured by Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions (CATE), Pasadena, California. The exhibition will run between December 9, 2006 through March 3, 2007 in the 1st floor Merle-Smith Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Morris's work also appears in a 2003 book co-authored with Africanist Suzanne Preston Blier.
Morris's work also appears in a 2003 book co-authored with Africanist Suzanne Preston Blier.
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 Adobe Mud Brick Mosque in Komio, Mali |  Adobe Mud Brick Ginna House in Ogol Ley, Sanga, Mali |  Adobe Mud Brick Coumound, Sirigu, Ghana |  Adobe Mud Brick House of the Chief of Djenne, Mali |
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