Africa counts
Subtitle: number and pattern in African cultures
By: Claudia Zaslavsky.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Ethnomathematics -- Africa, Sub-Saharan; Games -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
Description: This 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-342) and index.