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African Heritage House
National Monument
Front view of African Heritage House
Map
General information
Architectural styleIndigenous architecture
Town or cityMlolongo, Machakos county
CountryKenya
Coordinates1°24′2.582″S 36°56′20.987″E / 1.40071722°S 36.93916306°E / -1.40071722; 36.93916306
Construction started1989 (1989)
Inaugurated1994
OwnerAlan Donovan
Website
https://africanheritagehouse.info

African Heritage House is a national monument[1] in Kenya, classified and gazetted under the National Museums and Heritage Act in 2016. Designed by Alan Donovan,[2] built to preserve forgotten architectural designs of the African continent. The house[3] is facing the Nairobi national park, and the public can visit the house for a tour, lunches, dinners, events, conferences, and overnight stays.

The house inspiration depicts the towering mud of the Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali, the mud palaces of Morocco, Swahili architecture of the East African coast, Zanzibar and Lamu; and the traditional houses of Ghana and Burkina Faso.

The house[4] has thousands pieces of objects, collections of artworks, artefacts, antique, ceremonial costumes, weaponry, jewellery, textiles, brassware and traditional pottery.[5]

  1. ^ KMS (2015-03-10). "A guided tour of the African Heritage House, Athi River". Kenya Museum Society. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  2. ^ "The most photographed house in Africa: African Heritage House". Capital Lifestyle. 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  3. ^ Abdulkadir, Kifaya. "The African Heritage House In Kenya | Africa's Most Photographed House". Culture Trip. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  4. ^ "African Heritage House, Nairobi, Kenya". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  5. ^ Canduh (2016-11-29). "Visiting the African Heritage House". HapaKenya. Retrieved 2021-07-29.

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