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Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Culture (Paperback)

by Claudia Zaslavsky (Author) "Was there mathematics in Africa? ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: A Cappella Books; 2nd Revised edition edition (1 July 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1556523505
  • ISBN-13: 978-1556523502
  • Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 15.2 x 2 cm
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Explores the history and practice of mathematics throughout sub-Saharan Africa, demonstrating that math was prominent in African life. Zaslavsky, who has written previously about math games from other cultures, shows how numbers and counting are important in tribal tradition, spiritual beliefs, trading practices, arts and crafts, architecture, and

About the Author

Claudia Zaslavsky has been a maths teacher and maths teacher's teacher since 1959 and was one of the first educators to emphasise multicultural perspectives in math. She is the author of 13 books and lives in New York City.
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