African astronomy is examined through a decolonial lens

The paper gathers evidence on his observations, instruments, longitude methods and criticism of predictive astrology.

The study argues that his device anticipated later techniques for reading subdivisions on a measurement scale.

Avicenna defended mathematical and observational study of the heavens while rejecting claims of certain prediction about human affairs.

The publication argues that standard accounts understate how his astronomical work influenced Islamic and Latin traditions.

The publication places manuscript astronomy, pharaonic timekeeping and Indigenous seasonal knowledge within a long continental history.

African research may be performed locally while prestige, archives and citation systems remain concentrated outside the continent.

The paper calls for stronger African journals, repositories and institutions able to preserve and circulate the continent's intellectual work.