Africa Counts. Number and Pattern in African Cultures [1 ed.]

This is a pioneer work in an area of African history and culture that is virgin territory for the researcher. Except for

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английский Pages [335] Year 1973

Table of contents :
DEDICATION
INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
Africa counts
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 LIFE
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
11 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
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
23 EAST AFRICAN TIME
24 WEALTH MEANS CATTLE—AND OTHER LIVESTOCK
SECTION 8 PAST AND FUTURE
25 PURE MATHEMATICS IN AFRICA
APPENDIX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHAPTER REFERENCES AND NOTES
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
MARIANNE SCHMIDL
D. W. CROWE
FRANK E. CHAPMAN, JR.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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