Draft:Paulus Gerdes

Paulus Pierre Joseph Gerdes (November 11, 1952 – November 10, 2014) was a Dutch mathematician and university professor, who was one of the pioneers in the field of ethnomathematics research, particularly in Africa.

His books include:
 * L'ethnomathématique comme nouveau domaine de recherche en Afrique (1993)
 * Sipatsi (with Gildo Bufalo, 1994)
 * African Pythagoras (1994)
 * Sona Geometry (1994)
 * Ethnomathematics and Education in Africa (1995)
 * Women and Geometry in Southern Africa (1995); translated as Femmes et géométrie en Afrique Australe (1996)
 * Une tradition géométrique en Afrique—les dessins sur le sable [A geometric tradition in Africa—sand drawings], Vols. I–III (1995)
 * Ethnomathematik (1997)
 * Lusona: récréations géométriques d'Afrique [Lusona: geometrical recreations of Africa] (1997)
 * Geometry from Africa: Mathematical and Educational Explorations (1999)
 * Awakening of Geometrical Thought in Early Culture (2003)