This thesis examines the architectural identity dynamics and practices among the Podokwo, Muktele and Mura of the mounts Mandara (Cameroon). It is organized around the assumption that practical and functional logic that guide the construction, the extension and the transformation of house evolves in tandem with symbolic considerations, such as the production of ethnic distinctions (Hodder, 1982) and the quest of social prestige within the community (Duncan, 1982; Roux, 1976). Based on the approach developed by authors like Ian Hodder (2012, 2006, 1999, 1982), Daniel Miller (2010, 2007, 2005, 2001, 1987) and Christophey Tilley (2010, 2006, 2004, 2002, 1999), I argue that the house, through its multi-purpose uses, can become an active agent for the production of identity belonging, both at a societal and individual level (Bromberger, 1980). For this reason, I have focused my attention not only on what people do with the house, but also on how the house that people built, built also people (Miller 2001: 119). I have also focused my analysis on several key moments of the history of Podokwo, Muktele and Mura such as the plain downhill (1963), the rural exodus and civil service (1980) and the democratic transition (1990) that affect the architectural practices and the identity discourses which are its corollaries.