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Title Tubali : Hausa architecture in Northern Nigeria / written and directed by Sabine Jell-Bahlsen ; produced by Sabine Jell-Bahlsen, Ogbuide Corp. NYC and African Film and Video Productions, Ltd
Published Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1994

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Description 1 online resource (44 min.)
Series Ethnographic video online, volume 2
Summary The beautiful architecture of Hausa cities in Northern Nigeria is examined in this film. Local builders, architects, and a museum curator explain the development of the Hausa style and traditional methods of construction. Master craftsmen and their apprentices show how traditional architectural forms influence contemporary design. Hausa building technology, as well as the social, religious and aesthetics of Hausa architecture are also discussed
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014)
Event Recorded in 1994 in Nigeria
Notes This edition in English
Subject Architecture, Hausa -- Nigeria, Northern
Hausa (African people) -- Social life and customs
Vernacular architecture -- Nigeria, Northern
Architecture, Hausa.
Hausa (African people) -- Social life and customs.
Vernacular architecture.
SUBJECT Nigeria, Northern. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091889
Subject Northern Nigeria.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Form Streaming video
Author Arthur, Donald, narrator.
Jell-Bahlsen, Sabine, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
Ogbuide Corp., production company.
African Film and Video Productions, production company.
Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), publisher.