Beautiful, Laura my friend (if I might so address you)! It reminds me of the line in the movie Stand and Deliver where the teacher tells his class, "You're descended from Mayans, who practically invented mathematics. You got this in your blood!"

And indeed, if (West?) Africans are supposed to have so much 'rhythm'--well, the medieval scholars saw how mathematics and music are related. Both involve measure and counting and so on.

Keep it up! Luvya!