African Cultural Astronomy

• Chasing the Shadow of the Moon: The 2006 Ghana Eclipse Conference.- The Use of Ethnographic Methods in Cultural Astronomy Research.- A Brief Outline on the Geographical Background of Africa.- The Astronomical Gnomon.- Naked-eye Astronomy for Cultural Astronomers.- Leadership.- Integrating African Cultural Astronomy into~the~Classroom.- A Contemporary Approach to Teaching Eclipses.- Teaching Cultural Astronomy: On the Development and Evolution of the Syllabus at Bath Spa University and the University of Wales, Lampeter.- Evidence of Ancient African Beliefs in Celestial Bodies.- Astronomy of Nabta Playa.- Romans, Astronomy and the Qibla: Urban Form and Orientation of Islamic Cities of Tunisia.- The Timbuktu Astronomy Project.- The Cosmological Vision of the Yoruba-Idààcha of Benin Republic (West Africa): A Light on Yoruba History and Culture.- The Relationship Between Human Destiny and the Cosmic Forces – A Study of the IGBO Worldview.- Cultural Astronomy in the Lore and Literature of Africa.- Astronomy and Culture in Nigeria.- Participation and Research of Astronomers and Astrophysicists of Black African Descent (1900–2005).

From the reviews: "The 17 readable, stimulating papers deal with multiple topics: simple principles of looking at the heavens and what a person can get out of it as an anthropologist and a general observer ... and finally how cultural astronomy is expressed today in African cultures. ... Clearly a book for universities, this volume will also find interested readers in eclectic libraries, and amateur astronomers will be especially attracted by the contents. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries." (R. B. Clay, Choice, Vol. 46 (07), March, 2009)