Originally published in the International Study Group on Ethnomathematics (ISGEm) Newsletter, Volume 12, Number 2, May 1997. Located at: http://web.nmsu.edu/~pscott/isgem122.htm. Article reproduced 2003 with permission of the ISGEm Newsletter editor for use in the Ethnomathematics Digital Library (www.ethnomath.org) developed by Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (www.prel.org).

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Wood, Leign. (1997) Aboriginal and Other Counting Systems, in Petocz, P., et. al. Introductory Mathematics, Melbourne, Australia: Nelson, p. 163-166.

This section from a book coauthored by Leigh Wood highlights the base five numeration system of the Gomileroi people. It also shows the connection in their language between number words and body parts.

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Eglash, R. "Bamana Sand Divination: recursion in ethnomathematics." American Anthropologist, March 1997.

Eglash, R. "When math worlds collide: intention and invention in ethnomathematics." Science, Technology and Human Values , vol 22, no 1, pp. 79-97, Winter 1997.

Eglash, R. "The African heritage of Benjamin Banneker." Social Studies of Science, April 1997.

Eglash, R. "African influences in cybernetics." in The Cyborg Handbook,Chris Gray (ed), NY: Routledge 1995a.