Yes, thousands of full-mud houses still do exist in suburbs and villages across Nigeria, especially north region.
People from this community are mostly farmers and cattle ranchers. On no occasion do they leave their community except on market days, when they take their farm produce to nearby cities where they use the money to buy other commodities which they don’t have.
Hi @Nuhuu nice capture. It seems they leave a beautiful and simple life. Thank you for sharing.
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@Nuhuu in Colombia we also find these houses made of mud, very few but there are … they have a very simple life, loving nature and the simple things in life, they are very happy and worth admiring … thanks for this post!
Very interesting, for how long does the house last?
Thanks for sharing with us a small story about your villages @Nuhuu . 
Hi @LeyleyS ,
Thank you for your invite I look forward to joining you. I have gone through the agenda and it seem pretty much interesting. Thanks!
Hi @Robert24 ,
Thanks for your reply!
Yes, they truly do live a simple life and quite disconnected with the global world. But they have been convinced to send their children to school now quite a few of them trek to school about 15-20km in nearby city. Things are starting to change in the community.
Interesting to know that there are some mud houses in Columbia too, thanks for sharing.
Hi @Thai_Ngh ,
Thanks for your reply!
Mud houses usually last for hundreds of years. But they are very unpopular now except for historical places and monuments. But there are modern structures of mud buildings now, built as ‘ramming earth’ it is a more sustainable way for housing and eco-friendly.
I will check and share with you some pictures from my visit to a rammed earth building site by Nubianne Vaulte in Bolgatonga, Ghana.
Hi @LiliSol ,
Thanks for your reply!I’m glad you like it 
The diversity of the world is one of the reasons why I love it 
, even if as beings we are the same.
The simplicity should be a quality, but in many countries it is not, hahaha.
Best wishes @Nuhuu !
Liliana Solomon
Hello @Nuhuu ,
Thank you for sharing this beautiful photo with us.
In Morocco where I grew up, such houses are very common in many rural areas. As far as I know, mud is not the only component, as it is mixed with other elements in order to form a thick and solid texture.
I’m sharing with you a typical Moroccan rural house made of mud.
Hi @LiliSol ,
Thank you for your reply!
Diversity is such a beautiful thing that is why it is important to let the world around you shrink.
Hi @BorrisS ,
Thanks for the reply!
I had always wanted to visit Morocco, so much sense beautiful culture and heritage.
With reference to my own town, Kaduna, mud houses are usually the heritage of rural community. Around here it is built with mud brick and mud mortal, it is a self cooling building which mean it uses very little energy.
@Nuhuu @Thank you for your information, in Vietnam countryside we build mud houses with bamboo frames also, but they exist only some decades.
@Nuhuu These houses are very good for prevent climate change
Hi @Thai_Ngh ,
Thanks for you reply!
I am surprised they don’t last long in Vietnam. Also, we don’t use bamboo because I live in the northern part of Nigeria which is not as forested as the south so it is not farmed here, instead we make thatched roofs which is made of dried straws or water reed and sometimes, zinc, as illustrated above. Zinc is a popularly cheap material.
