📅 21 August 2026
The publication places manuscript astronomy, pharaonic timekeeping and Indigenous seasonal knowledge within a long continental history.
📅 21 August 2026
The authors ask who produces, validates, publishes and owns knowledge generated by African researchers.
📅 21 August 2026
African research may be performed locally while prestige, archives and citation systems remain concentrated outside the continent.
📅 21 August 2026
The paper calls for stronger African journals, repositories and institutions able to preserve and circulate the continent's intellectual work.