I’m African, and I built this off-grid mud home using nothing but hand tools, mud, straw, and scavenged wood. No electricity. No machines. Just a bow saw, hammer, nails, and the will to build something real.Every board came from junk piles and abandoned places. The window was salvaged. The frame is reinforced with chicken wire to hold the mud and straw in place.This is not a copy of traditional African homes—it’s a new vision rooted in ancestral wisdom and modern survival. I built it by hand, for a future of freedom.

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Swahili (East & Central Africa)Nimejenga nyumba hii ya udongo kwa mikono yangu bila umeme, mashine, au vifaa vya kisasa. Nilitumia udongo, nyasi, na vifaa vilivyookotwa. Lengo langu ni kuonyesha kuwa unaweza kuishi huru na kujitegemea, bila kutegemea mfumo. Hii ni nyumba ya Kiafrika ya kisasa kwa maisha ya asili.

Arabic (North Africa, Islamic regions)لقد بنيت هذا المنزل الطيني بيدي فقط، دون كهرباء أو أدوات كهربائية. استخدمت الطين، القش، والخشب المعاد استخدامه. هدفي هو إلهام إخوتي وأخواتي في إفريقيا للعودة إلى الأرض والاعتماد على الذات من أجل حياة حرة وشريفة.

Amharic (Ethiopia & sacred script regions)እኔ ይህን የጭቃ ቤት በእጄ ብቻ ሠራሁ። መንደሮችን አልጠቀምም፣ ኤሌክትሪክ አልነበረም። ጭቃ፣ ጤፍ፣ እና እንጨት አገልግለሁ። የኔ ዓላማ ነፃነትን እና የራስን መቋቋም ማሳየት ነው።

Yoruba (West Africa)Mo kọ ilé yìí pẹ̀lú ọwọ́ mi nìkan, láì lò ina tàbí irinṣẹ́ amúnibíni. Mo lò amọ̀, koríko, àti igi títúnlò. Ẹ̀kọ́ tí mo fẹ́ kó lọ́wọ́ yìí ni pé, a lè dá ilé àti ìgbésí ayé wa padà, kúrò lọ́wọ́ ìṣàkóso àti àgbájọra.

Wolof (West Africa, Senegal)Maa sos kër bii ak sama loxo rekk, amuma koranté wala jumtukaay yu elektrique. Jëfandikoo suuf, kar, ak bant yu ñu jënde ci jafe-jafe. Sama bopp mooy wut ñakk sañ-sañ ak ndeyjoor ci lu dëgër.

Zulu (Southern Africa)Ngakha le ndlu ngisebenzisa izandla zami kuphela – akukho ugesi, akukho mathuluzi kagesi. Ngisebenzise udaka, utshani, kanye nezinkuni ezitholakele. Inhloso yami wukukhombisa ukuthi singaphila impilo ezimele, eduze nomhlaba, ngaphandle kwesistimu.

I recently discovered that my blacksmithing work had contaminated my water supply with iron oxide. The water turned red. It caught me off guard—and it forced me to face the consequences of my own actions.

This is not a perfect solution—it’s a first step. I’ve found a way to fix the problem for now, but the real mission is to prevent the problem altogether, while still holding on to the craft that I enjoy.

This is about more than water—it’s about integrity, land stewardship, and doing right by the environment that sustains me.

In this video I am forging a pair of African style blacksmithing tongs.

In this video I am carving a simple spoon from start to finish.

In this video I am converting a drill bit to a bushcraft auger bit.