He rhetorically asked, " what do Africans see when they look back?' They are often overwhelmed by seeing mainly the destructive 500 years of the dehumanising African experience. Prof Muchie avers that they rarely acknowledge, appreciate, recognise and promote the positive and constructive African knowledge heritage and contribution that the African ancestors created before the period of destruction.
The learned researcher laments the current education system that hardly recognises that this rich knowledge, and science and technology heritage ever existed. He asserts that it is about time to appreciate this positive heritage or data and include it systematically in the curriculum of African schools. It is disheartening to realise that the demand to change education policy in Africa often receives a lukewarm reception. According to Muchie this closed approach has to change in order to include African knowledge heritage to design new models that prevent dependence and encourage creativity and innovation by African learners. The negative narrative emanating from the destructive period should be changed.
