A large African compound

There were about about houses that formed a circle. 6 out of the 8 were round mud huts thatched with grasses and the remaining one of which was my family house were raffia Square houses roofed with raffia palm. At the centre of the compound is tree at the base of which was a shrine. In those days before a man build his hut, his father usually plants a tree and then transfer a stone diety to which he sacrifices a fowl or a goat at least once a year as the case may be. Opposite my family house was the hut of my paternal grandmother and to the left of her hut, was the hut of her husband. To the right was another hut that belonged to another woman. A member of the extended family.
To the left of of my grandfathers hut was his late brothers hut which was then occupied by one of his wives. Very close to the later was the hut of my grand uncle's second wife. This was very close to my fathers house. Immediately to the left of my house, was the rear of hut that enchroaced into our compound from a neighbouring compound. Passing by it one gets to the second raffia palm house which belonged to one of my uncles.
In between the mid compound tree and my house along the diameter of the circle, were my late grand uncle's thomb which could only be recognised by a two metalic bar which eere driven at right angle across each other into the ground and a semicircular mud kitchen with no roof. The later was directly infrom of my grand uncle's wife house close to my grand fathers hut while the former was opposite his other wife's hut close to my house. The metallic bars were no friends to my bare foots.