African Mathematics - by Abdul Karim Bangura (Paperback)

About the Book

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...

Book Synopsis

This is the first comprehensive text on African Mathematics that can be used to address some of the problematic issues in this area. These issues include 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, knowledge level, educational guidelines and policies, transitional schools, comparative education, other subjects such as physics and social studies, surveys, talent, educational research, teacher education and qualifications, academic standards, teacher effectiveness, lesson plans and modules, teacher characteristics, instructional materials, program effectiveness, program evaluation, African culture, African history, Black studies, class activities, educational games, number systems, cognitive ability, foreign influence, and fundamental concepts. What unifies the chapters in this book can appear rather banal, but many mathematical insights are so obvious and so fundamental that they are difficult to absorb, appreciate, and express with fresh clarity. Some of the more basic insights are isolated by accounts of investigators who have earned their contemporaries' respect.

Winner of the 2012 Cecil B. Currey Book Award.

Review Quotes

"In African Mathematics, Abdul Karim Bangura attempts to utilize historical and contemporary sources to highlight Africa's contribution to certain branches and sub-branches of mathematics and furthermore to explore the possibilities of research and teaching of mathematics from an African centered platform. . . . African Mathematics holds the promise of acting as a catalyst for indigenous knowledge-based exploration in all fields of study where African researchers can be found." --African Studies Quarterly

"Among the new generation of Africanist scholars, Professor Abdul Karim Bangura is among the most outstanding. This work will redefine the literature in African studies." --Professor Baba Zak A. Kondo, Baltimore Community College, Maryland

"Professor Abdul Karim Bangura has embarked on relatively uncharted waters by approaching African mathematics from many angles. He provides exhilarating findings on a subject that requires exorbitant amount of work and intellect." --Professor Mario D. Fenyo, Bowie State University of the University System of Maryland

Among the new generation of Africanist scholars, Professor Abdul Karim Bangura is among the most outstanding. This work will redefine the literature in African studies.

In African Mathematics, Abdul Karim Bangura attempts to utilize historical and contemporary sources to highlight Africa's contribution to certain branches and sub-branches of mathematics and furthermore to explore the possibilities of research and teaching of mathematics from an African centered platform. . . . African Mathematics holds the promise of acting as a catalyst for indigenous knowledge-based exploration in all fields of study where African researchers can be found.

Professor Abdul Karim Bangura has embarked on relatively uncharted waters by approaching African mathematics from many angles. He provides exhilarating findings on a subject that requires exorbitant amount of work and intellect.

About the Author

Abdul Karim Bangura is professor of research methodology and political science at Howard University in Washington, DC. He holds a PhD in political science, a PhD in development economics, a PhD in linguistics, and a PhD in computer science. He also is the author of sixty-one other books and more than 500 scholarly articles.