Claudia Zaslavsky papers, 1969-1981.

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Creator

Zaslavsky, Claudia.

Location

Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

Extent

• .8 lin. ft.

Scope/Contents Note

Typescripts and research material, including notes, correspondence and annotated printed matter, pertaining toZaslavsky's book AFRICA COUNTS: NUMBER AND PATTERN IN AFRICAN CULTURE (Boston, Mass.: Prindle, Weber & Schmidt, 1973). Also, printed matter, some annotated, and the reprint of an article by Zaslavsky entitled "Mathematics of the Yoruba People and of their Neighbors in Southern Nigeria," published in THE TWO YEARS COLLEGE MATHEMATICS JOURNAL, 1970, as well as other articles and reviews by Zaslavsky dealing with African mathematics. A subject index at the beginning of the collection lists by authors the various sources used in the writing of AFRICA COUNTS. Included are a bibliography, reference and biographical notes, captions, and illustrations.

Biographical/Historical Note

Mathematics teacher.

Controlled Access Terms

• Zaslavsky, Claudia.
• Ethnomathematics -- Study and teaching.
• Ethnomathematics -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
• Ethnomathematics -- Nigeria.
• Yoruba (African people) -- Nigeria.
• Mathematics teachers.

Additional Creator Names

• Zaslavsky, Claudia.
• Zaslavsky, Claudia. Africa counts: numbers and pattern inAfrican culture.
• Zaslavsky, Claudia. Mathematics of the Yoruba people and of their neighbors in southern Nigeria.