Strong Like a Cement Block | How To Make a Hausa Cone Shaped Mud Brick

This video details the step-by-step process of making a cone-shaped mud brick from the indigenous Hausa community. Researchers have documented the mud brick to be as strong as a cement block based on the way its prepared and the building materials that are used. So in this video we will cover the following. 1. Building Tools 2. Building Materials 3. Soil selection 4. Soil Preparation 5. Soil Fermantation 6. Mixing Organic Materials 7. Another round of fermentation 8. Making Churi 9. Shaping the Tubali mud brick 10. Sun drying 📚 RECOMMENDED BOOKS 📗BOOKS I OWN 👉🏾AMAZON LIST: https://amzn.to/3ZRtQeC 📙BOOKS I DON'T OWN BUT WOULD LOVE TO 👉🏾AMAZON LIST: https://amzn.to/4aSbHlV 👉🏾INTERNET ARCHIVES: https://archive.org/details/@african_... SEND ME A PACKAGE P.O BOX 200311, Denver Colorado, 80220 📂AFRICAN TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE ARCHIVE https://africantraditionalarchitectur... You can now explore and upload your photos, videos, and documents to African Traditional Architecture. We are building a comprehensive database of Indigenous African architecture from pre-colonial Africa to date, and you have a chance to contribute to this greatness. Our goal is to preserve the knowledge, and inspire future generations to build and live sustainably. SUPPORT OUR WORK "In the African culture, when an elder passes away without sharing their knowledge, a library burns down." In an effort to preserve, educated and document our indigenous building practices, we created this digital archive. HERE ARE 3 WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT THE ARCHIVE: 👉🏾DOCUMENT OUR GENIUS: Upload your photos, videos, or documents of traditional building techniques to https://africantraditionalarchitectur... 👉🏾BECOME A MEMBER: Join our YouTube community / @mudhouses 👉🏾DONATE: Building and maintaining this archive takes collective effort. Your donations help us stay independent and continue clearing away the dust from our history: https://africantraditionalarchitectur... QUESTION: What is one architectural tradition from your village or region that you want to see preserved forever? Let’s talk in the comments! 👇🏾 LETS CONNECT 👉🏾EMAIL: [email protected] 👉🏾WEBSITE: https://africantraditionalarchitectur... 👉🏾INSTRAGRAM: / seenewafrica 👉🏾LINKEDIN: / african-traditional-architecture 👉🏾FACEBOOK: / africanmudarchitecture #TheVillage #architecture #africanarchitecture #africantraditionalarchitecture