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Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Cultures

Claudia Zaslavsky

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This fascinating study of mathematical thinking among sub-Saharan African peoples covers counting in words and in gestures; measuring time, distance, weight, and other quantities; manipulating money and keeping accounts; number systems; patterns in music, poetry, art, and architecture; and number magic and taboos. African games such as mankala and elaborate versions of tic-tac-toe show how complex this thinking can be. An invaluable resource for students, teachers, and others interested in African cultures and multiculturalism, this third edition is updated with an introduction covering two decades of new research in the ethnomathematics of Africa.

Language: English

Pages: 368

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books

Release: April 01, 1999

ISBN: 1556523505

ISBN 13: 9781556523502

Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Cultures

Claudia Zaslavsky

4.1/5 ( ratings)

This fascinating study of mathematical thinking among sub-Saharan African peoples covers counting in words and in gestures; measuring time, distance, weight, and other quantities; manipulating money and keeping accounts; number systems; patterns in music, poetry, art, and architecture; and number magic and taboos. African games such as mankala and elaborate versions of tic-tac-toe show how complex this thinking can be. An invaluable resource for students, teachers, and others interested in African cultures and multiculturalism, this third edition is updated with an introduction covering two decades of new research in the ethnomathematics of Africa.

Language: English

Pages: 368

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books

Release: April 01, 1999

ISBN: 1556523505

ISBN 13: 9781556523502

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