01943cam a2200325 a 4500008004100000020001800041020001500059020001800074020001500092040000800107050002600115100002600141245007500167300001900242505064600261505001700907518001500924520041800939650003001357650003401387650003401421650002601455650002201481650001701503650002601520650002601546650002101572651001201593651001201605160620s2012    mdua     b    000 0 eng c  a9780761853480  a0761853480  a9780761853497  a0761853499  aSDU00aGN476.15bB216 A 20121 aBangura, Abdul Karim,10aAfrican mathematics :bfrom bones to computers /cAbdul Karim Bangura.  a220 p. :bill.0 aGeneral introduction -- Beginnings : mathematics of bones -- Geometry south of the Sahara -- Numbers -- Beginnings of written mathematics: Egypt -- The Maghrebian tradition -- Combinatorics and African applications -- Vector calculus and African applications -- The Fourier transform and African applications -- Mathematical tiling/tessellation and African applications -- Bifurcations and African applications -- Fractals -- African-centered automated generation of metadata -- General conclusion: Access to mathematics versus access to the language of power : lessons from the struggle in South African multilingual mathematics classrooms.0 aHKBU library  aYT2025 M08  a"This comprehensive text on African Mathematics addresses some of the problematic issues in the field, such as attitudes, curriculum development, educational change, academic achievement, standardized and other tests, performance factors, student characteristics, cross-cultural differences and studies, literacy, native speakers, social class and differences, equal education, teaching methods"--Page 4 of cover. 0aEthnomathematicszAfrica. 0aMathematics, AncientzAfrica. 0aMathematicszAfricaxHistory. 0aSymbolism of numbers. 7aEthnomathematics. 7aMathematics. 7aMathematics, Ancient. 7aSymbolism of numbers.07aEthnomathematik. 7aAfrica. 7aAfrika.