Africa: The Root of Mathematics

Diane Cescutti
Diane Cescutti is a french-italian-cameroonian transmedia artist based in Saint Etienne, France.
She is a 2021 graduate of the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Nantes. During her studies, she spent time in Japan within the Tokyo University of the Arts (GEIDAI) Textile Arts program, and in the US within the University of Houston Art Department “Interdisciplinary Practice and Emerging Forms” program.
Her art practice explores the historical, technological, mathematical and aesthethic links between weaving, textiles and computers, new media diving into their intertwined indigenous and vernacular roots.
Working with weaving, sculpture, installations, vidéo, 3D, She is a speculative weaver.

http://dianecescutti.com
https://villa-albertine.org/residents/diane-cescutti

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Akil Parker
Akil Parker is a Black man playing his part by teaching mathematics in the Black community. He has been a mathematics teacher for 18 years in Philadelphia. Currently he serves as an adjunct professor at the HBCU Cheyney University where he teaches math courses.

He is also founder and CEO of the educational services company, All This Math, LLC. Through All This Math he provides private math tutoring, educational consulting, teacher coaching and free online math instructional content via YouTube.

He will soon be publishing his first book entitled ‘How To Use All This Math, Vol. 1’’ which is a simplified guidebook parents can use to teach fundamental math skills to their children in the home, car or wherever they may be.

Raised in Baltimore, MD, Mr. Parker attended Roland Park Elementary/Middle School before
attending Baltimore Polytechnic Institute for high school. He later earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Morgan State University and later a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Lincoln University while serving as a teacher in Philadelphia, PA..

He is a father of three children and lives in Philadelphia, PA where his company All This Math, LLC is based. He has committed himself to improving the Black community by way of
mathematics education.

www.allthismath.com
www.youtube.com/@allthismath