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Mathematical folklore. In common mathematical parlance, a mathematical result is called folklore if it is an unpublished result with no clear originator, but which is well-circulated and believed to be true among the specialists. More specifically, folk mathematics, or mathematical folklore, is the body of theorems, definitions, proofs, facts ...
Ethnomathematics. In mathematics education, ethnomathematics is the study of the relationship between mathematics and culture. [ 1 ] Often associated with "cultures without written expression", [ 2 ] it may also be defined as "the mathematics which is practised among identifiable cultural groups". [ 3 ]
Geometry From Africa: Mathematical and Educational Explorations is a book in ethnomathematics by Paulus Gerdes. It analyzes the mathematics behind geometric designs and patterns from multiple African cultures, and suggests ways of connecting this analysis with the mathematics curriculum. It was published in 1999 by the Mathematical Association ...
Sub-Saharan African countries spent on average 0.3% of their GDP on S&T (Science and Technology) in 2007. This represents a combined increase from US$1.8bn in 2002 to US$2.8bn in 2007. North African countries spend a comparative 0.4% of GDP on research, an increase from US$2.6bn in 2002 to US$3.3bn in 2007.
Senegalese mathematicians (1 C, 2 P) South African mathematicians (3 C, 31 P) Sudanese mathematicians (4 P)
Lowie Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. Doctoral advisor. Melville J. Herskovits. William R. Bascom (May 23, 1912 – September 11, 1981) was an award-winning American folklorist, anthropologist, and museum director. He was a specialist in the art and culture of West Africa and the African Diaspora, especially the ...
West African mythology is the body of myths of the people of West Africa. It consists of tales of various deities, beings, legendary creatures, heroes and folktales from various ethnic groups. Some of these myths traveled across the Atlantic during the period of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade to become part of Caribbean, African-American and ...
Other components of the Book of Knowledge or the Book of Enlightenment are psychology, sociology, mathematics, cosmogony, cosmology, and other areas of human interests. Yoruba cultural thought is a witness of two epochs. The first epoch is an epoch-making history in mythology and cosmology.