African Math Bibliography

Alic, Margaret. 1986. Hypatia's Heritage A History of Women in Science from Antiquity to the Late Nineteenth Century. London: The Women's Press Limited.

Asante, Molefi, K. 1988. Afrocentricity. New Jersey: Africa World Press.

Bajah, Sam, Tunde. 1980. African Science: Fact or Fiction A Multidimensional Approach With Bias Towards Science Education. Intellectual Life committee Monograph Number One. California State University: Dominguez Hills.

Bernal, Martin. 1987. "Animadversions on the Origins of Western Science," in Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein, eds., Ethnomathematics: Challenging Eurocentrism in Mathematics Education. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. pp. 83-99.

Boyd, Herb. 1991. African History for Beginners. NY: Writers and Readers Publishing.

Diop, Cheikh Anta. 1967. The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality. Lawrence Hill and Co., Westport. Presence Africaine, Paris.

Diop, Cheikh, Anta. 1985. "Africa's Contribution to World Civilization: The Exact Sciences" in Ivan Van Sertima, ed., Nile Valley Civilizations. Journal of African Civilizations Ltd., Inc.

Ezeabasili, Nwankwo. 1977. African Science Myth or Reality. New York, New York: Vantage Press

Forje, John, W. 1989. Science and Technology in Africa. Northern Ireland: The Universities Press (Belfast) Ltd.

Graves, Curtis, M. and Ivan Van Sertima. 1984. "Space Science: the African-American Contribution" in Ivan Van Sertima, ed. Blacks in Science Ancient and Modern. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books. 238-257.

Hart, George. ed., 1990 Ancient Egypt. London: Darling Kindersley

Kielland, Else. 1995. Geometry in Egyptian Art. London: Alec Tiranti, Ltd.,

Schwaller de Lubica, R.A.1978. Symbol and the Symbolic: Ancient Egypt, Science and the Evolution of Consciousness. New York: Innertraditions International.

Lumpkin, Beatrice. 1984. "The Pyramids: Ancient Showcase of African Science and Technology" in Ivan Van Sertima, ed. Blacks in Science Ancient and Modern. New Brunswick (U.S.A.): Transaction Books. 67-83.

Lumpkin, Beatrice. 1988. "Hypatia and Women's Rights in Ancient Egypt. In Black Women in Antiquity," Ed. Ivan Van Sertima. 155-161. New Brunswick and London: Transaction Books.

Lumpkin, Beatrice. 1997. "Africa in the Mainstream of Mathematics History," in Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein, eds., Ethnomathematics: Challenging Eurocentrism in Mathematics Education. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. pp. 101-117.

Pappademos, John. 1984. "An Outline of Africa's Role in the History of Physics," in Ivan Van Sertima, ed. Blacks in Science Ancient and Modern. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books. 177-196.

Pappademos, John. 1985. "The Newtonian Synthesis in Physical Science and Its Roots in the Nile Valley," in Ivan Van Sertima, ed., Nile Valley Civilizations. Journal of African Civilizations Ltd., Inc.

Van Sertima, Ivan. 1976. They Came Before Columbus. New York: Random House.

Van Sertima, Ivan., ed. 1984. Blacks in Science Ancient and Modern. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.

Van Sertima, Ivan. 1984b. "The Lost Sciences of Africa: An Overview," in Ivan Van Sertima, ed. Blacks in Science Ancient and Modern. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books. 7-26.

Van Sertima, Ivan. 1984c. "Dr. Lloyd Quarterman-Nuclear Scientis," in Ivan Van Sertima, ed. Blacks in Science Ancient and Modern. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books. 266-272.

Wendorf, Fred, Romuald Schild and Angela E. Close. 1984. "An Ancient Harvest on the Nile," in Ivan Van Sertima, ed. Blacks in Science Ancient and Modern. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books. 58-64.

Yarbrough, Camille.1984. "Female Style and Beauty in Ancient Africa: A Photo Essay. In Black Women in Antiquity," in Ivan Van Sertima, ed., Blacks in Science Ancient and Modern. New Brunswick and London: Transaction Books. 89-97.

Zaslavsky, Claudia. 1984." The Yoruba Number System," in Ivan Van Sertima, ed. Blacks in Science Ancient and Modern. New Brunswick (U.S.A.): Transaction Books. 110- 126.

Revised: July 09, 2000.