Africa Counts

Africa Counts
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Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 9781613741153
ISBN-13 : 1613741154
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Book Synopsis Africa Counts by : Claudia Zaslavsky

Download or read book Africa Counts written by Claudia Zaslavsky and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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