Once the most popular currency in parts of Africa, this beautiful shells have been featured in ritual practices and incorporated into clothing and jewelry for thousands of years in African cultures. Symbolically they were often associated with notions of womanhood, fertility, birth and wealth. Decades ago, parts of West Africa used cowrie shells for counting. It was considered taboo to count animals or people so they used cowrie shells as a substitute. Cowrie shells was also used in the decision making process. They would toss the shells to give a "yes or no".
DID MATHEMATICS ORIGINATE FROM AFRICA?Ishango BoneMath history books do not provide a lot of information about maths from the African continent. Though refer
Once the most popular currency in parts of Africa, this beautiful shells have been featured in ritual practices and incorporated into clothing and jewelry for thousands of years in African cultures. Symbolically they were often associated with notions of womanhood, fertility, birth and wealth. Decades ago, parts of 
DID MATHEMATICS ORIGINATE FROM AFRICA?Ishango BoneMath history books do not provide a lot of information about maths from the African continent. Though refer
DOGON ASTRONOMICAL GENIUSES OR WAS IT THE ALIENS FROM SPACE THAT TOLD THEM THE SECRETS OF THE STARS?The Brightest of all Stars-SiriusThe Dogon are reputed for their astronomical knowledge taught through oral tradition, 
PAIN IS WARFARES BEST FRIENDIt has been called Africa's World War a.k.a. Great War of Africa call it what you may the situation in eastern Democrat
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