1. Mathematicians Of The African Diaspora CONTENTS Mathematicians of the African Diaspora CONTENTS. ICMS2003 and Awards of AfricanMedals for young african mathematicians. . The Greatest Black Mathematicians. http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/00.INDEXmad.html

Mathematicians of the African Diaspora CONTENTS Trachette Jackson receives a Sloan Fellowship Clarence F. Stephens receives the MAA Gung-Hu Award for the Pottsdam Miracle ICMS-2003 and Awards of African Medals for young African Mathematicians The Greatest Black Mathematicians Profiles of 450 Black Mathematicians Black Research Mathematicians Books BLACK WOMEN in Math Sciences A MODERN HISTORY of BLACKS IN MATHEMATICS AMUCHMA Online - History of Mathematics in Africa Newsletter the ANCIENTS in Africa Africa TODAY mathematicians OUTSIDE the US Black and U.S. Minority Science Organizations Black Mathematics Journals Computer Scientists of the African Diaspora Physicists Astronomers of the African Diaspora Historically Black Departments Online Africa Caribbean United States SPECIAL ARTICLES ... Statistics on Mathematicians S EARCH this website CONTACT Dr. Williams MODERN ANCIENT REFERENCES AWARDS latest award: Acknowledged in USA Today Best Bets in Education 2/20/2001 AIMS Acknowledgements major revisions 6/9/97; 2/15/99, 12/3/00, 9/9/01

2. A Black Mathematician Talks About Race Therefore, we do not know if Fibonnaci is an African or European. . In his book Liber Abaci, Fibonacci wrote that he was taught by african mathematicians. http://emeagwali.com/speeches/black-data-processing-association/chicago-chapter/

A BLACK MATHEMATICIAN TALKS ABOUT RACE Sponsored by Walker Automated Services. Followed with a 45-minute performance by the Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago. June 16, 2001 at the Fairmont Hotel, 200 N. Columbus Dr. (Moulin Rouge Room) by PHILIP EMEAGWALI As Prepared For Delivery Thanks. Thank you very much for the very pleasant introduction. As indicated in your program, the Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago will be performing. I am normally introduced either as a mathematician or a computer scientist. But one surprising and little known fact about me is that I am also a dancer. Three years ago, I studied African dance with the Sankofa Dance Theater of Baltimore. The reason I became interested in African dance is that I found the drumming and music to be both therapeutic and invigorating. Many mathematicians, myself included, believe that music inspires their creativity and helps them solve mathematical problems. Similarly, mathematics can help you become a better musician. In fact, many musicians believe that music and mathematics have a lot in common. In an interview, Bob Dylan said that his "songs are all mathematical songs." Someone once described dancers as poets in motion. I believe that the Muntu dancers are mathematicians in motion.

3. African Studies - African Diaspora Biography of New York, Buffalo) includes african mathematicians on the African continent. A. Philip Randolph/Pullman Porter http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/Africa/afroambiog.html

African Studies Internet Resources African Studies Email: africa @libraries.cul.columbia.edu African Studies Internet Resources home WWW Virtual Library ... African Diaspora Biography on the Internet African American Inventor Series (Ron Landrum, Education Central, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan) This site consists of several long lists of African-American inventors and their inventions; plus a few related links. African American Women: a biographical dictionary (Dorothy C. Salem, Garland Publishing; via Columbia University) African American Women Writers in the 19th Century (The Digital Schomburg, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library) Biographies and Autobiographies (Online books) Full digital collection The Schomburg Center Home Page African Americans in History (Institute of African American Studies, University of Georgia) Brief biographical profiles and photographs; includes two sound files: excerpt from speech by Malcolm X and another by Martin Luther King, Jr. American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology "From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. These former slaves, most born in the last years of the slave regime or during the Civil War, provided first-hand accounts of their experiences on plantations, in cities, and on small farms. This web site provides an opportunity to read a

4. WMY2000 2 Perspective We are aware of the dire need for electronic mail all over the continent to reducethe isolation problems of african mathematicians and we are joining forces http://wmy2000.math.jussieu.fr/2_wm2000.html

WMY2000 Newsletter 2 Some perspective on WMY 2000 by A.O. Kuku President of AMU (African Mathematical Union) Some AMU aspirations Need for debt-for-science campaign In many developing countries, African countries in particular, the mathematical research scientists are gradually becoming endangered species for obvious reasons, and unless something is done to arrest the situation, the year 2000 and beyond will witness little or no mathematical research activities in these areas of the world. The WMY 2000 can be instrumental in drawing the attention of the International Community to the various problems and co-operate with the local community towards their alleviation. Some African Mathematical Union aspirations in the spirit of WMY 2000 1. AMU Mathematical Sciences network for Africa The aims and objectives of the network - which has currently fifteen members - are the following : - To encourage North-South and South-South co-operation in the area of research and training of graduate students for higher degrees of African Universities, and thus alleviate the problem of brain-drain often resulting from long stay of students outside the continent. - To bridge the isolation gap among African mathematicians through development of research groups in member Institutions of the network eventually leading to the production of critical mass of mathematical scientists so badly needed in the continent for developmental purpose.

5. WMY2000 1 FIRST ECHOES The Journal, Journal Afrika Mathematika created in 1978 which publishes regularlysince several years first rate papers of african mathematicians, is a first http://wmy2000.math.jussieu.fr/1_echoes.html

WMY2000 NewsLetter 1 WMY 2000, FIRST ECHOES Some associations and societies have already shown their interest and their support for WMY 2000. ICSU AMU SMF and SMAI EMS ICSU The International Council of Scientific Unions has published in the fall issue of Science International an article from Professor Lions presenting the Declaration of Rio de Janeiro. AMU The African Mathematical Union is already involved in WMY 2000, several of its own projects being connected with the second aim of the Declaration of Rio de Janeiro. It is in particular the proposal for Mathematical Sciences Network for Africa. Its aims are, first, to encourage South-South cooperation in the area of research and the training of graduate students, second, to have the University centres included in the network used as regional mathematical centres. Another important project of AMU which could be pushed under WMY 2000 is a Mathematical Communication Network within Africa and between Africa and the rest of the world. The Journal

6. Features_91_math Efforts to ally african mathematicians with mathematicians of African heritageliving and working outside of Africa could help ease the continent's long http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~sci_info/News_from_ICTP/News_91/features_math.html

Efforts to ally African mathematicians with mathematicians of African heritage living and working outside of Africa could help ease the continent's long-standing 'math crisis.' Math Across the Oceans T his past October, 30 African-born mathematicians, including 17 who live and work in Africa and 13 who have moved to developed countries (11 to the United States and 2 to France), participated in a two-day forum organised by the ICTP Office of External Activities (OEA). During the first day of the forum, they examined the state of mathematics in Africa. During the second day, they explored possible areas of North-South collaboration. This is not the first time that ICTP has brought together African-born scientists, who share a common heritage but now live and work oceans apart, to discuss issues of common concern. In fact, the roots of this latest meeting date back to the spring of 1989 when the Centre organised an international conference that spurred the creation of the Edward Bouchet-ICTP Institute. The institute, named after Edward Bouchet, a late 19th century Yale University graduate who became the first black physicist in the United States, is designed to promote collaboration among black physicists working in Africa and the United States. Over the past decade, the institute has sponsored a series of scientific conferencesmost recently, the 3rd Edward Bouchet-Abdus Salam ICTP International Conference held in Botswana in July 1998. News from ICTP #86, Autumn 1998). The director's observations led him to call for a roundtable discussion among expatriate and in-country African mathematicians. That, in turn, led to the October forum.

7. November_99 african mathematicians MEET In early October, the ICTP held a twoday roundtablediscussion focusing on the state of mathematics research and education in http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~sci_info/Highlights99/backissues/Nov99Frame.html

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics Monthly update of activities and events November 1999 No.29 Just happened... UNESCO'S NEXT DIRECTOR-GENERAL AWAITS APPROVAL The Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has nominated Koichiro Matsuura to be its next Director-General. Matsuura is currently Japan's Ambassador to France, Djibouti and Andorra, and Chairperson of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee. He previously served as Japan's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Director-General of the Economic Cooperation Bureau, where he directed Japan's overseas development assistance efforts. The 186-nation General Conference of UNESCO is expected to confirm his appointment on 12 November. Matsuura will succeed Federico Mayor, who headed UNESCO since 1987. UNESCO is the lead administrative organization for the ICTP. NOBEL LINKS AFRICAN MATHEMATICIANS MEET In early October, the ICTP held a two-day roundtable discussion focusing on the state of mathematics research and education in Africa. The meeting attracted 32 leading African-born mathematicians working in sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and the United States. Key points of discussion included the poor state of African mathematics research and education, the continuing problem of the brain drain, and how expatriate African mathematicians living in Europe and the United States could help their colleagues in Africa. Participants formed several committees to explore future initiatives and potential funding opportunities. For additional information, please contact the ICTP Office of External Activities at hussainf@ictp.trieste.it.

8. Openings At Member Institutions International Conference of Mathematical Sciences and the Maiden Awardof African Fields Medal for Young african mathematicians. http://www.ansti.org/openings.htm

Staff Openings Please find below some selected openings and opportunities. For more of them, please also check the Message Board We also welcome our member institutions to post their announcements of staff openings, fellowships and courses on the Message Board. Staff Exchange Fellows wanted to University of Zambia Schedules can be discussed with Head of Department, Prof. Malichi. Click here for brief outlines of the courses to be taught ( and )and for more information about ANSTI support for Staff Exchange Fellowships click here For further details about the tasks and qualifications kindly contact Professor Alec Malichi at A.P.Malichi@eng.unza.zm Training Opportunities, Workshops etc. 9th World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education (WCCEE) T he Japanese Society for Engineering Education will organize the 9th World Conference on Continuing Engineereing Education on 15-20 May, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan.

9. Introduction General Information Scientific Programme The Opening ceremony will include the presentations of awardsto President Nelson R.Mandela, distinguished african mathematicians and the http://science.up.ac.za/pacom/Introduction.html

10. Pacom include the presentations of awards to President Nelson R. Mandela, distinguishedafrican mathematicians and the Pan African Mathematics Olympiad participants. http://science.up.ac.za/pacom/Programme.html

11. African Studies - African Diaspora Biography Diaspora (Dr. Scott W. Williams, Department of Mathematics, State University of NewYork, Buffalo) includes african mathematicians on the African continent. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/afroambiog.html

African Studies Internet Resources African Studies Email: africa @libraries.cul.columbia.edu African Studies Internet Resources home WWW Virtual Library ... African Diaspora Biography on the Internet African American Inventor Series (Ron Landrum, Education Central, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan) This site consists of several long lists of African-American inventors and their inventions; plus a few related links. African American Women: a biographical dictionary (Dorothy C. Salem, Garland Publishing; via Columbia University) African American Women Writers in the 19th Century (The Digital Schomburg, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library) Biographies and Autobiographies (Online books) Full digital collection The Schomburg Center Home Page African Americans in History (Institute of African American Studies, University of Georgia) Brief biographical profiles and photographs; includes two sound files: excerpt from speech by Malcolm X and another by Martin Luther King, Jr. American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology "From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. These former slaves, most born in the last years of the slave regime or during the Civil War, provided first-hand accounts of their experiences on plantations, in cities, and on small farms. This web site provides an opportunity to read a

12. African Studies - Science And Technology of New York, Buffalo) This directory includes african mathematiciansfrom the African continent. Medical Research Council of South http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/SciTech.html

African Studies Internet Resources African Studies Email: africa @libraries.cul.columbia.edu African Studies Internet Resources home WWW Virtual Library ... Department home Science and Technology in Africa General Scientific Societies and Institutions African Frogs (Robert C. Drewes, Department of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California) This illustrated site summarizes research carried out by the author since 1986...in East Africa : Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. African Indigenous Science and Knowledge Systems Page (Dr. Gloria Emeagwali, Department of History, Central Connecticut State University) An outline of links to other sites (including selected books available from Amazon.Com) and brief historical summaries on African history, science, and technology. African Technology Forum (Cambridge, Massachusetts) "African Technology Forum is the premier source of information on science and technology in Africa. We provide practical information to corporations, individuals and institutions in the US, Africa and the rest of the world." Note : This site includes electronic versions of "feature articles" only from selected back issues of ATF's journal, "Forum". The printed version of this journal has been suspended.

13. Pan Africa Mathematics Olympiad in the near future South Africa will be able to play host to the International MathematicalOlympiad, when not only the young african mathematicians, but youth http://www.dac.gov.za/news/speeches/2002_04_13.htm

document.write(document.title) Feedback Search Site Map back ... webteam@sita.co.za Speech by Dr Ben Ngubane Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad Saturday 13 April 2002 Members of the African Mathematics Union, Distinguished Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Colleagues and most important of all, young mathematicians. South Africa is proud to welcome the Olympiad teams – the 60 bright young mathematicians from over Africa who have travelled to our country to participate in this event, the 12th Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO). In the spirit of African friendship, it is wonderful that all of you can come together, not only to compete, but also to get to know one another. Through this experience, I hope that you will discover a new enthusiasm for mathematics. Let me first congratulate you all. Some have overcome immense personal difficulties to be here; others have overcome immense mathematical difficulties. You have all shown great talent, perseverance, and a real capacity for tremendous hard work. Welcome to the Ambassadors of participating countries, and the Olympiad team leaders. This year's PAMO is historic in that 11 African countries are participating - two thirds of Africa, and a substantial increase in participants from previous years.

14. African Origins Of Science Math [Sadiki] A thorough analysis of one of the ancient mathematical journal left byafrican mathematicians. Originally known as the Ahmose Mathematician http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Bibliography/African_Origins_Math.html

THE AFRICAN ORIGINS OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS: A NEW PARADIGM FOR SCIENTIFIC THINKING; AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY This annotated bibliography is a compilation of books, papers and articles that can provide some insight into the accomplishments of early Africans and African-Americans in science and mathematics. It can be utilized for research purposes or just to expand the general reader's consciousness on the subject matter. It is by no means exhaustive or all inclusive. It merely reflects some of the materials that I have utilized in my own research. 1. Blacks in Science: Ancient and Modern, ed. by Ivan VanSertima, Transaction Books, New Brunswick, NJ, 1983 A compilation of very thoroughly researched papers that documents Africa's contributions to astronomy, agriculture, architecture, engineering, aeronautics, mathematics, medicine, metallurgy, physics and writing systems. Also included in this text are articles detailing the African-American's contributions to science and invention. Some of the papers that are worth special mention are John Pappademos' "An Outline of Africa's Role in the History of Physics", Dr. Charles Finch's "The African Background of Medical Science", "Steel Making in Ancient Africa" by Debra Shore, "The Pyramids: Ancient Showcase of African Science and Technology" by Beatrice Lumpkin and John Henrik Clarke's "Lewis Latimer: Bringer of the Light". 2. Africa Counts, Claudia Zaslavsky, Prindle, Weber, and Schmidt, New Your, 1973

15. The African Journal Of Mathematics Author and subscriber information.Category Science Math Publications Journals...... It offers a forum for mathematical research with some emphasis on the contributionsof all african mathematicians and the rich connections between all african http://www.african-j-math.org/

African Diaspora Journal of Mathematics "African Journal of Mathematics" became "African Diaspora Journal of Mathematics" ISSN: 1539-854X Editorial Board Authorship Submission Subscription ... Events The African Diaspora Journal of Mathematics is an international journal for mathematical research of highest rank. It offers a forum for mathematical research with some emphasis on the contributions of all african mathematicians and the rich connections between all african universities and those of other continents. The ADJM is a multicultural mathematical journal which considers papers in all areas of mathematics. Only unpublished material will be considered, and authors may not republish their contribution elsewhere. The ADJM publishes papers written either in English or in French. Papers in French should begin with a brief English summary. Editor: J. A. Leslie Webmaster 2003 African Diaspora Journal of Mathematics

16. Voices From The Field supplementary resources for teachers in every subject, ie math teachers can introduceAfricanAmerican mathematicians or early african mathematicians/scientists http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/v2i2/when.html

Voices From the Field The articles that follow represent either actual or adapted responses from various educators regarding issues relating to diversity. When the Teacher is a Minority Working with a Racially Mixed Population Teaching in an African-American Immersion School When the Teacher is a Minority Dear Colleagues, I just want to let you know what it's like being a black teacher in a predominantly white school. I approach my teaching the same way I would approach it if I were in a racially mixed school. Since one of my firm beliefs in teaching is to integrate multiculturalism, I put up a display about scientists from different ethnic backgrounds each month. For example, September was Hispanic heritage month (nationally) and I made a bulletin board of Hispanic scientists. I chose October to be German month, since nationally it was not designated for a special ethnic group. I come from the island of St. Marten and was raised speaking British English, so my students find my choice of words sometimes funny and they like to correct me. Since the purpose of class is to learn, I look at it as a chance for students to teach me as well. I teach them chemistry and they teach me how to pronounce "picture" correctly. Sometimes it is a revelation for them to find out that things are correct even if it is not the "normal" way of saying them. For example, I say the plural of fish is fishes, they say it is fish. We looked it up in a dictionary and found out that we were both right, even though my way was different. We learn from each other.

17. South Africa Conference algebra session, one of seventeen such sessions, provided a good opportunity torenew and establish research connections with South african mathematicians. http://www.math.unl.edu/~swiegand/saconf.html

South Africa conference June 1997 A Special Session in Ring Theory, Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry was organized by Jim Brewer, Florida Atlantic U; Barry Green, University of Stellenbosch; and Sylvia Wiegand, U of Nebraska for the Joint Meeting of the South African Mathematical Society, the American Mathematical Society, and the London Mathematical Society in PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA 26-28 JUNE 1997. Other information about the conference can also be seen on the Internet at http://science.up.ac.za/sams/ Also there is some information in the February AMS Notices on page 297. SAMS-AMS-LMS CONFERENCE PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA 26-28 JUNE 1997 A historic first, the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS), the Southern African Mathematical Sciences Association (SAMSA), and the AMS joint meeting held in Pretoria June 25-29 was a big endeavor (over 400 delegates, eighteen sessions, over 300 speakers). The South African hosts were well-organized and hospitable. This conference marking the fortieth anniversary of the South African mathematical society was important for South African and U.S. cooperation and future mathematical interactions. The participants were welcomed by two dignitaries: Vice-Chancellor and Principal Johan van Zyl of the University of Pretoria and Roger Jardine, Director General of the South African Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology. The University of Pretoria is the largest residential university in South Africa and is heavily biased towards the sciences. Niko Sauer, President of the SAMS mentioned that the white men who were the founding fathers of the Society would be surprised at the transformation of the Society; and that, to the somewhat isolated South Africans, the meeting was like a ship coming in to brighten their long winter nightsthey would be sad when the ship sailed away but would hope that another ship would come soon.

18. UK Aid For African Maths Institute King, who was born and grew up in South Africa, hopes the new institutewill help to reverse the brain drain of african mathematicians. http://www.nature.com/nsu/020902/020902-1.html

updated at midnight GMT search nature science update advanced search UK aid for African maths institute Cambridge will collaborate in Cape Town mathematics initiative. 03 September 2002 MICHAEL CHERRY Pretoria, where the 'Science at the Summit' meeting is running The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences will open in Cape Town in October 2003, offering master's degrees in mathematics to students from all over the continent. The institute is a joint venture between the universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and the Western Cape and England's University of Cambridge, whose lecturers will spend month-long periods teaching components of the course. A similar model was developed at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste. UK chief scientific adviser David King pledged the support of his office for the initiative at 'Science at the Summit', an event occurring parallel to the World Summit on Sustainable Development currently taking place in Johannesburg, South Africa. Asked why mathematics had been singled out for support, given Africa's manifold scientific needs, King replied that the choice was largely "serendipitous". African National Congress member Ben Turok and his son Neil, professor of cosmology at the University of Cambridge, had donated a hotel in the coastal resort of Muizenberg to three South African universities, he explained.

19. Thomas Fuller 1790) Mathematics and the Liberal Arts Thomas Fuller Mathematicians of the AfricanDiaspora Who Was The African Calculator? african mathematicians back to http://5x5media.com/bhp/pages/tfuller.shtml

[an error occurred while processing this directive] Thomas Fuller In 1710, Thomas Fuller was born in Africa in the area between present-day Liberia and Benin. At 14, he was brought as a slave to America and became the property of Mrs. Elizabeth Cox of Alexandria, Virginia. Known as the Virginia Calculator, Fuller exhibited extraordinary computational abilities. He could calculate the number of months, days weeks, hours, minutes and seconds in any given period of time; the number of poles, yards, feet and inches in any given distance; and even the sum of geometric progressions. Not only did he perform these mathematical feats while being interrupted in the process, but he would take less time than most men did with pencil and paper. He was paraded by the abolitionists as proof that blacks were not mentally inferior to whites and ridiculed by psychologists as being nothing more than an idiot savant. It is worth noting that the illustrious Ghanaian philosopher, William Frederick Amo was also dismissed as "a parrot" by European intellectuals at Heidelberg University. Fuller was not unique in displaying advanced computational ability. Other Africans, particularly the African slave traders, were also observed to exhibit their mathematical agility.

20. Pan African Mathematics Olympiad detect youthful talent in Mathematics to encourage, develop and reward African youthto establish friendly relations between african mathematicians to exchange http://www.fest.org.za/pamo/

Your browser does not support script PAMO is an annual event organised by the African Mathematical Union (AMU) to encourage youthful talent in Mathematics and to exchange information on curricula and teaching methods in mathematics across the African continent. Africa needs to reclaim its position at the forefront of the world's mathematics stage, particularly because mathematics was born in Africa! A notched calendar stick over 35 000 years old, discovered recently in the Lebombo mountains, is the oldest mathematical artefact known. Written mathematics is first found in Africa, in the papyri of the pyramid-builders of ancient Egypt between four and five thousand years ago! THE NEXT PAMO The 13th PAMO is scheduled to take place in Maputo, Mozambique from 19 - 27 April 2003. View the programme and details which are now available. THE 12TH PAMO A SUCCESS South Africa hosted the 12th Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad. It was the first time that a total number of eleven countries participated in PAMO. This is the highest number of participants in the history of the Olympiad. The countries that participated were: Benin, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Lesotho, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. The awards were presented at a gala banquet in Pretoria, attended by the Minister in the Office of the State President, Mr Essop Pahad, the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, Dr Ben Ngubane, representatives of the embassies of a number of African countries and many other dignitaries.

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