The African heritage of Benjamin Banneker

Historical and linguistic evidence suggests that Benjamin Banneker's grandfather was of Wolof origin and that his father was from the area between what is now Ghana, and Nigeria. Suggests that this cultural heritage may have emerged in some of his mathematical thinking. (Original abstract-amend...

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Published in:Social studies of science 1997-04, Vol.27 (2), p.307-315
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