Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 80. Chapters: Old World, Architecture of Madagascar, Architecture of Africa, Ritual servitude, Traditional African medicine, Ubuntu, African cuisine, Song of Freedom, African philosophy, Afro, Manillas, Egyptian wedding, Yoruba religion, Murder in the Cassava Patch, African traditional masks, African literature, Cinema of Africa, Owen 'Alik Shahadah, Culture of Africa, Presence Africaine, Nkisi, 500 Years Later, List of African films, African time, Africana philosophy, Caste system in Africa, Africanization, Motherland, Safari, Etiquette in Africa, Asa Grant Hilliard III, Dry sex, Talib, Negrophilia, Autre Afrique, Ori, Kabbabish, The Black Candle, Katanga Cross, Borrowdale dance, West Africa Time, Itan, Mumsi Meets a Lion, Salaula, Hohodza, Millet beer, Surrogate marriage, Africanisms, Conteh, Koroma, Balgha, Daramy, Conde, Bockarie, Kabbah. Excerpt: The architecture of Madagascar is unique in Africa, bearing strong resemblance to the construction norms and methods of Southern Borneo from which the earliest inhabitants of Madagascar are believed to have emigrated. Throughout Madagascar and the Kalimantan region of Borneo, most traditional houses follow a rectangular rather than round form, and feature a steeply sloped, peaked roof supported by a central pillar. In South Kalimantan, traditional houses are generally raised on piles and feature "house horns" formed by the crossing of roof support beams at each gable end. Traditional Malagasy houses are likewise often built on piles, and the tradition of house horns can be seen in some southeastern communities and in the wooden architectural traditions of the andriana noble classes of the Merina people of the central highlands. Differences in the predominant traditional construction materials used serve as the basis for much of the diversity in Malagasy architecture. Locally availab...