New Songo

Generally, the compounds of New Songo are more spacious than those of the older part of the village as they have not undergone successive building events and partitions . With a height of between 2.50-3m the houses in the newer part of Songo are higher than those in the old part of the village. Houses are mainly constructed of dry stone with only the uppermost layers made of mud brick. Living rooms are usually located in the back of the houses and are accessible via a smaller entrance room, in the houses of Old Songo the opposite subdivision of space is found.