African time reckoning uses event-based phenomena calendars, not numbers
Evidence
The reckoning of time falls within a concrete and speciļ¬c purpose in connection with events. This is why there are no numerical calendars in African culture. Instead, there are phenomena calendars which give meaning and place to time. An expectant mother counting the lunar months is a typical example of a phenomenon calendar. ā Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_ā¦, 264
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: Links to Sapir-Whorf debates about language shaping perception of time, and to general discussions of culturally specific time concepts.