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Ethno-Mathema-tics of Basotho

Ajayagosh NarayananPhD Student, Mathematics Department, Faculty of EducationRhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa;Deputy Principal, Cenez High School, Maseru, [email protected]
Pages 56-67 | Published online: 20 Aug 2013

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