Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African CultureLawrence Hill & Company, 1979 - 328 pages Study by a mathematical scholar on the ways in which African people count, keep time and records, play games, use geometry in art and architecture, etc. Based on research in Nigeria and East Africa. |
Contents
AFRICAN MATHEMATICS? | 6 |
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 17 |
NUMBERSWORDS GESTURES | 29 |
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