Funco (architecture)

[1] These houses are represented in Guinea-Bissau,[2] found mainly on the islands of Fogo, Santiago and Maio.

Henrique Teixeira de Sousa explored the social structure of Fogo, his native island, in his novels[4] and in his essays.

They feared the moment that "the blacks would be pushed out of the funco; [where] they would take the place of the mixed in the loja and the latter would put the whites out of the sobrado.

"[6] According to António Carreira in 1965, the term was used to mean a "small, poor and miserable building".

[2] Examples of a funco house/building type include:[citation needed] Settlements named after this type of house style, (mainly) in the municipality of São Lourenço dos Órgãos, Santiago Island: The Cape Verdean Architects’ Bar Association has created a Portal to discuss architecture, named “Funco” to honor this particular Cape Verdean form of building.