For thousands of years, Africa was in the mainstream of mathematics history. This history began with the first written numerals of ancient Egypt, a culture whose African origin has been reaffirmed by the most recent discoveries of archaeology. Booklet for children with information on ancient Egyptian number symbols and addition procedure. Analyses the history of mathematics education in Tanzania before and after Independence. Stresses that it is very urgent to study the history of mathematics in Africa, as colonialism and neo-colonialism neglected the existence of mathematics in Black Africa.
Pure mathematics is the art of creating and imagining.
The author gives a summary of the development of numeration systems, arithmetics and mathematical games in Africa. This treatise may be considered the culmination of astronomic literature written in Arab. It gives a summary of the results obtained by al-Hasan's predecessors and adds his own observations and solutions. These sets are described. The Dabida inhabit the Taita hills in Kenya.