Africa Counts

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.

subjects: Ethnomathematics,  Mathematics, Primitive,  Primitive Mathematics,  Games,  Mathematics,  Africa, study and teaching,  Mathematics, study and teaching,  Africa, social life and customs,  Mathematics, history

Places: Sub-Saharan Africa