Though a lot of people are aware of the fact that not all of Africa lives in huts, people often find it hard to imagine what houses and cities actually look like in African countries. Me as well, before I came to Ghana, had a lot of mental pictures of what towns could look like, characterized by everything I had seen before, from traditional Massai huts in Kenia to skyscrapers in Lagos.
After seven months time in Ghana the houses here are just as familiar to me as the ones in Europe, but still always rich in variety and eye catching.
Now I selected some images for you to get a better picture of what a house can look like in Ghana.

The house I live in

My host family's house in Agona Swedru

I live in a self-contained compound house together with five other family members. We have a frontyard with plantain trees which is quite usual. Most of the Ghanaian cities I've been to before have lots of these houses. I would estimate that most of Ghana's middle class lives in houses like that. There are also compounds with more than one house and family living inside.

Story buildings

House in Nkawkaw, Eastern Region

My neighboorhood

Small houses

Jamestown in Accra

Houses in big cities

Road in Kumasi

Apartment houses in Accra