Prof Miller advocate for the study of African History in schools

Prof Ayelah in talks with Dr Mba Atinga, Rector of Bolgatanga Polytechnic

Prof Ayelah at  Miller Open University in Bolgatanga

The Vice Chancellor of Miller Institute for Trans-disciplinary and Development Studies, Professor David Miller, has advocated for the inclusion of indigenous African knowledge and history in the educational curricular of universities in the country.

He observed that the study of African history was gradually fading and if care is not taken, the future generation will be left with no indigenous knowledge to feed on.

This, he, however said, calls for an urgent need to formalize the study of African history in the country’s institutions of higher learning.

Prof Miller made the call when he received some ancient and modern historical materials from Prof Ayinibisa Ayelah, a historian, and host of Divine Speech in African Traditionalism, a TV show in the United States of America. 

Professor Miller said African descents have a long and rich history that cannot be secreted, and in order to encourage the study of African history, there was the need to compel students to learn their own history.

He said institutions such as Miller Open University has gone the extra mile to intellectualize the study and learning of indigenous African knowledge, having realize the need to go beyond western education and technology through discipline and culture.

Pro Miller however encouraged other institutions to prioritize the study of African History in order to keep it alive.

This, he noted, require some level of motivation to succeed. He therefore thanked Prof Ayelah for the donation and said the books has come to rekindle the concept and purpose for which the school was established.

Prof Miller stated that, there was a total disconnect between African, European and American history. This, he explained was evident in the fact that most scientific theories adopted from the western world does not help in solving the numerous challenges facing the African continent.

Therefore, much as it is good to study and understand what the western system is doing with its knowledge and sciences, it was highly imperative for Africans to study their own while building bridges to perfect both.

Earlier, Prof Mr Ayinibisa Ayelah, who is also a native of the Upper East Region made a similar donation to the Bolgatanga Polytechnic, when he payed courtesy call on the rector, Dr Mba Atinga at his office.

Correspondent Isaac Asare filed this for Radio Ghana.

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