Towards African humanicity: Re-mythogolising Ubuntu through reflections on the ethnomathematics of African cultures

Throughout the history of mathematics, Eurocentric approaches in developing and disseminating mathematical knowledge have been largely dominant. Building on the riches of African cultures, this paper introduces ethnomathematics as a discipline bridging mathematical ideas with cultural contexts ther...

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Main Author: Iman Chahine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Western Cape 2020-12-01
Series:Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning
Online Access:http://cristal.epubs.ac.za/index.php/cristal/article/view/251