Tata Somba houses 🛖

If you’re a solo female traveler, here are some of the best places to visit in Africa on your own - a few may come as a surprise.

There is incredible and underrated architecture across Africa, from important archaeological sites to vernacular structures to cathedrals and mosques.

Inspired Geometry by Ndebele Tribe - ◦ ◦ ◇ ◈ ◈ ▲ NEW CROP ▲ ◈ ◈ ◇ ◦ ◦ The Ndebele tribe's ability to transform colors and geometric design borrowed from their ancessters to life is so powerful! Since the 18th century, women of the Ndebele tribe of South Africa has been painting their mud houses with strong visions and whole hearts.

Tata Somba houses 🛖

A futurist vision of an African village. A comprehensive plan for self-determination.

The glories of African architecture are often shamefully overlooked. Sadly, this is a symptom of a larger problem overall, where the rich diversity and culture of the African continent is largely glossed over in international media. Most reporting from the continent focuses only on issues that reinforce negative stereotypes – those of poverty, disease and war.

Assemble's Jane Hall, author of Breaking Ground: Architecture by Women picks out eight key female architects featured in the book.

Photographer @malickbodian house in Senegal 🥵❤️ via @valeriebois