A unique illustrated book about how African peoples' numerical systems, geometrical designs, and subtle mathematical games have developed and are being used today.
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Claudia Zaslavsky is a mathematics teacher and the author of Multicultural Mathematics, The Multicultural Math Classroom, Math Games and Activities from Around the World, and other books. She lives in New York City.
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19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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This is one of the best books in African Studies.,
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This review is from: Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Cultures (Paperback)
Zaslavsky's "Africa Counts" will continue to be widely cherished for many years to come. Anyone haboring the old notion that Africans played no part in shaping world civlilization who is not changed by what appears in this book can only be someone with extraordinary racist tendencies. Zaslavky's book is effulgent because it demystifies mathematics without sacrificing details.
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This book is very interesting and presents some aspects very important to understand the development of Mathematics in Africa continents.
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A Truly Profound Book!,
This review is from: Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Cultures (Paperback)
I have this book in my library and it's the most requested by my friends to borrow. We find that the history of math started in Africa by indigenous Africans.
Claudia Zaslavsky, an educator who advanced the study of the links between mathematics and world cultures, died on Friday, January 13, 2006. Being a woman of European descent didn't stop her from teaching the truth and not allowing personal gain to cloud her judgement. We should honor this woman and the work that she did for the study of indigenous African history.
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Was there mathematics in Africa? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
counting cowries, gesture counting, hundred cowries, captures seeds, order magic square, cowrie currency, cowrie shell currency, approximately equal terms, adire cloth, numeration systems, higher decades, outer fingers, odd vertices, strip patterns, secondary base, last seed, finger gestures, cowrie shells, plane patterns, own row Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Museum, West Africa, Muhammad ibn Muhammad, Arusha Maasai, United States, Africa Counts, Niger River, Lake Nyanza, Marianne Schmidl, New York, South Africa, Arrow of God, Lake Edward, National Museum of Tanzania, Oba of Benin, Village Museum, Congo Republic, Kalahari Desert, Lake Chad, New World, Paulus Gerdes, Peter Idehen, Player One, Player Two, Smithsonian Institution New!
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Was there mathematics in Africa? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
counting cowries, gesture counting, hundred cowries, captures seeds, order magic square, cowrie currency, cowrie shell currency, approximately equal terms, adire cloth, numeration systems, higher decades, outer fingers, odd vertices, strip patterns, secondary base, last seed, finger gestures, cowrie shells, plane patterns, own row Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Museum, West Africa, Muhammad ibn Muhammad, Arusha Maasai, United States, Africa Counts, Niger River, Lake Nyanza, Marianne Schmidl, New York, South Africa, Arrow of God, Lake Edward, National Museum of Tanzania, Oba of Benin, Village Museum, Congo Republic, Kalahari Desert, Lake Chad, New World, Paulus Gerdes, Peter Idehen, Player One, Player Two, Smithsonian Institution New!
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- The History of the Yorubas from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the British Protectorate by Samuel Johnson on 5 pages
- Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe on 5 pages
- In Mathematical Circles: A Selection of Mathematical Stories and Anecdotes: Quadrants I, II, III, and IV (Mathematical Association of America) by Howard W. Eves on 4 pages
- Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Culture by Claudia Zaslavsky on 4 pages
- African Religions & Philosophy (African Writers) by John S. Mbiti on 4 pages
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- Fear of Math: How to Get Over It and Get on With Your Life! by Claudia Zaslavsky on page 154, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- In Eves' Circles (MAA Notes) by Joby Milo Anthony on page 171, and page 174
- Frames Of Mind: The Theory Of Multiple Intelligences by Howard E. Gardner in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Legacy of the Luoshu: The Mystical, Mathematical Meaning of the Magic Square of Order Three by Frank J. Swetz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Gardner's Workout: Training the Mind and Entertaining the Spirit by Martin Gardner on page 313
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