LEADER 04023oam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910790510103321 005 20231220210653.0 010 $a1-61374-114-6 010 $a1-61374-115-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000001132659 035 $a(EBL)839099 035 $a(OCoLC)843204342 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000871068 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11454970 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000871068 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10820008 035 $a(PQKB)10889743 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC839099 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL839099 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10694113 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL532368 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001132659 100 $a19981104d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAfrica counts $enumber and pattern in African cultures /$fClaudia Zaslavsky 205 $a3rd ed. 210 $aChicago $cLawrence Hill Books$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (369 pages) 311 0 $a1-55652-350-5 311 0 $a1-306-01117-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [333]-342) and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Copyright ; Dedication ; CONTENTS; FOREWORD TO THE 1999 EDITION; FOREWORD TO THE 1973 EDITION; PREFACE TO THE 1973 EDITION; SECTION 1 THE BACKGROUND; 1 African Mathematics?; 2 Historical Background; SECTION 2 NUMBERS-WORDS, GESTURES, SIGNIFICANCE; 3 Construction of Numeration Systems; 4 How Africans Count; 5 Taboos and Mysticism; SECTION 3 NUMBERS IN DAILY LlFE; 6 The African Concept of Time; 7 Numbers and Money; 8 Those Familiar Weights and Measures!; 9 Record-Keeping: Sticks and Strings; SECTION 4 MATHEMATICAL RECREATIONS; 10 Games to Grow On 327 $a11 The Game Played by Kings and Cowherds-and Presidents, Too!; 12 Magic Squares; SECTION 5 PATTERN AND SHAPE; 13 Geometric Form in Architecture; 14 Part I: Geometric Form and Pattern in Art; 14a Part II: Geometric Symmetries in African Art, By D. W. Crowe, with Original Drawings; SECTION 6 REGIONAL STUDY: SOUTHWEST NIGERIA; 15 History of the Yoruba States and Benin; 16 Systems of Numeration; 17 Significant Numbers; 18 Time-Reckoning; 19 Markets and Currency; SECTION 7 REGIONAL STUDY: EAST AFRICA; 20 History of East Africa; 21 Spoken and Gesture Counting; 22 Number Superstitions 327 $a23 East African Time; 24 Wealth Means Cattle-and Other Livestock; SECTION 8 PAST AND FUTURE; 25 Pure Mathematics in Africa; 26 Update: Twenty-Five Years Later; APPENDIX; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER REFERENCES AND NOTES; BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: Marianne Schmidl; D. W. Crowe; Frank E. Chapman, Jr.; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Section A. Africa: Peoples, Languages, Geography; Section B. Subjects and Selected Authors; MAPS: Africa Today; Peoples Discussed in the Text; Africa: Geographic Features and Ancient Cities; Old Sudanic Kingdoms; Distribution of Numeration Systems in Africa; Sixteenth-Century States of the Nigerian Region; Eastern Africa: Countries and Peoples 330 $aThis fascinating 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. An invaluable resource for students, teachers, and others interested in African cultures and multiculturalism, this third edition is updated with an introduction 606 $aEthnomathematics$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aGames$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 615 0$aEthnomathematics 615 0$aGames 676 $a510 700 $aZaslavsky$b Claudia$0665703 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790510103321 996 $aAfrica counts$91306920 997 $aUNINA