FAMÍLIA MANCALA

José Nogueira da  Silva; Adriana Cavalcanti dos  Santos; Iracema Campos Cusati

doi:10.4025/imagenseduc.v10i3.48543

FAMILY MANCALA

AFRICAN GAMES POTENTIALITIES FOR DEVELOPING MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE

José Nogueira da Silva Universidade Federal de Alagoas - UFAL http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3765-3729
Adriana Cavalcanti dos Santos Univeridade Federal de Alagoas - UFAL http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4556-282X
Iracema Campos Cusati Universidade de Pernambuco – UPE/Campus de Petrolina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4812-8412

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/imagenseduc.v10i3.48543

Keywords: Decoloniality; Mancala; Mathematics; Awalé

Abstract

This theoretical-based study focuses on reflecting on the decolonization of Eurocentric thinking about mathematics bringing as its object of analysis the African games of the Mancala family, since the school curriculum sporadically works on the relationship between Africanities and mathematics. In general terms, the aim of the text implies decolonizing Eurocentric thinking permeated by modern knowledge paradigms about the history of mathematics and discussing the potential of Mancala games. For this, based on content analysis, the text presents examples of epistemic racism in the history of mathematics in Brazil and historically underpins the importance of other points of view on the subject. As a proposal for teaching mathematics, the text addresses the Mancala Family games, specifically the Awalé Game. The discussions show that it is possible to work with the Mancala games on the four elementary operations: addition, subtraction, division and multiplication, as well as arithmetic progression. The conclusions point out that the proposal presented in the article will be open to new potentials to be discovered through the traditional African games, accompanied by historical and dynamic foundations about African descent culture.

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Author Biographies

José Nogueira da Silva, Universidade Federal de Alagoas - UFAL

Doutorando em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL).

Adriana Cavalcanti dos Santos, Univeridade Federal de Alagoas - UFAL

Doutora em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL). Docente dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Educação (PPGE) e de Ensino de Ciências e Matemática (PPGECIM) da Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL).

Iracema Campos Cusati, Universidade de Pernambuco – UPE/Campus de Petrolina

Doutora em Educação pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Formação de Professores e Práticas Interdisciplinares (PPGFPPI) - Mestrado Profissional, da Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE)/Campus Petrolina.

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Published

2020-12-06

How to Cite

Silva, J. N. da, Santos, A. C. dos, & Cusati, I. C. (2020). FAMILY MANCALA. Imagens Da Educação , 10(3), 96-111. https://doi.org/10.4025/imagenseduc.v10i3.48543

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Vol 10 No 3 (2020)

Section

Ensino, Aprendizagem e Formação de Professores

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