The Iconic Hut of Africa Appears in Much of My Work 

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Huts represent something greater than a mere "round structure with walls of clay or wood, a peaked grass roof with a central support pole".

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They were easier to build from a circular foundation with cheap readily available raw materials: mud, clay and tree branches.

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But the logic was not just in the architecture; it was mostly in the communalism and complimentary nature of society as described by Alex Taremwa  in a 2016 article:

 

Click to go to the Article " Wisdom from an African Hut"

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"In most, if not all indigenous cultures, social gatherings and councils took place in circles around a focal point. Usually a warm fire. Within the hut, families would sit and eat together in the same way, tell stories in their circles, excluding no one. They would sit , eat together.

I believe Westerners can learn a lot from this system if they tried it".