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RECORD NUMBER: 1 OF 1Main Title | Math of Africa / | |||||||||||
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Author | Swienciki, Lawrence W. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Key Curriculum Press ; [Spectrum Educational Supplies, distributor], | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2003 | |||||||||||
Stock Number | 203466 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 613472060 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9781559534857; 1559534850 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Multicultural education--Study and teaching--Posters ; Chokwe (African people)--Study and teaching--Posters ; Ashanti (African people)--Study and teaching--Posters ; Mathematics--History--Study and teaching--Africa--Posters ; Mathematics--Study and teaching--Africa--Posters ; Africa--History--Study and teaching--Posters ; Study skills | |||||||||||
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Collation | 1 poster : color ; 62 x 93 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | "Design and text by Lawrence Swienciki, PhD."--Poster. Title from poster. |
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Contents Notes | The poster's central panel depicts an Asante or Ashanti king (Ghana) with his official keeper of weights, dressed in "kente" cloth, exchanging goods with a chief and his family; below, an older man is teaching a traditional board game to three students. Columns on outer left and right show traditional designs and symbols, including traceable drawings of the Chokwe people (Angola). The text box at the bottom describes Asante design, mathematical traditions and some African mathematical games; and explains network theory and symbolism of traceable designs in Chokwe sand paintings. |