African Cultural Astronomy
by Holbrook, Jarita C.; Medupe, R. Thebe; Urama, Johnson O.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-02-13
Publisher(s): Springer Verlag
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Summary
This is the first scholarly collection of articles focused on the cultural astronomy of the African continent. It weaves together astronomy, anthropology, and Africa and it includes African myths and legends about the sky, alignments to celestial bodies found at archaeological sites and at places of worship, rock art with celestial imagery, and scientific thinking revealed in local astronomy traditions including ethnomathematics and the creation of calendars.
Table of Contents
| Chasing the Shadow of the Moon: The 2006 Ghana Eclipse Conference | p. 1 |
| Cultural Astronomy Research Lessons | |
| The Use of Ethnographic Methods in Cultural Astronomy Research | p. 21 |
| A Brief Outline on the Geographical Background of Africa | p. 29 |
| The Astronomical Gnomon | p. 39 |
| Naked-eye Astronomy for Cultural Astronomers | p. 53 |
| Leadership | p. 77 |
| Integrating African Cultural Astronomy into the Classroom | p. 83 |
| A Contemporary Approach to Teaching Eclipses | p. 95 |
| Teaching Cultural Astronomy: On the Development and Evolution of the Syllabus at Bath Spa University and the University of Wales, Lampeter | p. 109 |
| Current Research in African Cultural Astronomy | |
| Evidence of Ancient African Beliefs in Celestial Bodies | p. 121 |
| Astronomy of Nabta Playa | p. 131 |
| Romans, Astronomy and the Qibla: Urban Form and Orientation of Islamic Cities of Tunisia | p. 145 |
| The Timbuktu Astronomy Project | p. 179 |
| The Cosmological Vision of the Yoruba-Idaacha of Benin Republic (West Africa): A Light on Yoruba History and Culture | p. 189 |
| The Relationship Between Human Destiny and the Cosmic Forces - A Study of the IGBO Worldview | p. 209 |
| Cultural Astronomy in the Lore and Literature of Africa | p. 217 |
| Astronomy and Culture in Nigeria | p. 231 |
| Participation and Research of Astronomers and Astrophysicists of Black African Descent (1900-2005) | p. 239 |
| Index | p. 257 |
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