Renowned historian and global African studies scholar, Professor Toyin Falola, has challenged African universities to reinvent their knowledge systems by breaking away from entrenched Western epistemic dominance and embracing a future built on indigenous intellectual traditions.
Falola, the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, issued the charge on Thursday while delivering the 17th Convocation Lecture of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, titled “The Future of Knowledge.” The event held at the Modupe and Folorunso Alakija Faculty of Law Auditorium.