From pgerdes@coe.uga.edu Thu Feb 5 06:59:00 1998 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id GAA18520 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 06:58:58 -0800 Received: from listmail.cc.uga.edu (listmail.cc.uga.edu [128.192.232.10]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.09) with ESMTP id GAA15504 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 06:58:34 -0800 Received: from sage.coe.uga.edu by listmail.cc.uga.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id <0.A48FEA10@listmail.cc.uga.edu>; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 9:58:43 -0500 Received: from [128.192.17.206] (sabramov.coe.uga.edu [128.192.17.206]) by sage.coe.uga.edu (8.8.5/8.8.3) with SMTP id JAA03719; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 09:58:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 09:58:41 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: indknow@u.washington.edu From: pgerdes@coe.uga.edu (Paulus P. Gerdes) Subject: history of mathematics in Africa newsletter Cc: ahmed.djebbar@wanadoo.fr Information about the AMUCHMA Newsletter: The African Mathematical Union Commission on the History of Mathematics in Africa (AMUCHMA), formed in 1986, has the following objectives: a. to improve communication among those interested in the history of mathematics in Africa; b. to promote active cooperation between historians, mathematicians, archaeologists, ethnographers, sociologists, etc., doing research in, or related to, the history of mathematics in Africa; c. to promote research in the history of mathematics in Africa, and the publication of its results, in order to contribute to the demystification of the still-dominant Eurocentric bias in the historiography of mathematics; d. to cooperate with any and all organizations pursuing similar objectives. If you like to receive the English-language version of the AMUCHMA-Newsletter by e-mail (latest issue #19), just send me an e-mail. If you like to receive by e-mail the French or Arabic version of the newsletter, please contact AMUCHMA's Secretary, Professor Ahmed Djebbar (ahmed.djebbar@wanadoo.fr). Sincerely, Paulus Gerdes Chairman AMUCHMA Dr. Paulus Gerdes (Professor, Universidade Pedagogica, C.P. 915, Maputo, Mozambique; fax: 258-1-422113; e-mail: paulus@up.uem.mz) On sabbatical leave until April 1998: Visiting Professor, The University of Georgia 105 Aderhold Hall Athens, Georgia 30602-7124 USA Tel.: (706) 542-4045 Fax: (706) 542-4551 E-mail: pgerdes@coe.uga.edu .