Face-me-I-face-you

"Face-me-I-face-you" or "Face-to-face" is an informal term for a type of residential real estate in Nigeria, where a group of one- or two-room apartments have their entrances facing each other along a walkway, which leads to the main entrance of the apartment building. "Face-me-I-face-you" apartment buildings are a very common architectural style in major urban settlements in Nigeria; the flats are low rent and are commonly used by low-income Nigerian residents because of their affordability.

In this layout, the toilets, bathrooms, and kitchen space are usually shared among tenants in a yard, a term for a single block or row of apartments. The shared toilets and kitchens are referred to as "general kitchen/toilet".^[1][2]

References

1. Newswatch. 14. Newswatch Communications Ltd. 1991. p. 10.
2. Habila, Helon (2000). Prison stories: a collection of short storie[s]. Epik Books. p. 65. ISBN 978-30397-2-5.