The earliest calendars in the world were found on the African continent. This was not surprising because Africa was the ‘Cradle of Humanity’. The African calendars were based on star or celestial maps containing solar arks known as zodiacs. The celestial maps show that the universe is a living organism consisting of parts that are inter-connected, inter-related and inter-dependent. The earth and humanity are parts of this living organism.
African indigenous astronomy is one discipline of competencies of the broader African indigenous knowledge systems negated by the modern education system, including modern astronomers, researchers and policy makers.
Great African Ancient Civilizations were the first to observe the heavens and chronical their observations. When studying the history, that was the epicenter of culture, technology and civilization, they studied everything in their environment from planet earth and beyond.
Africa is the oldest presence of science, history, culture, knowledge, religion, philosophy of any people on the planet. That is our African heritage, that is our legacy, we are connected to over 10 000 generations of African greatness.
“In addition, scientists and archaeologists also agree that Africa is the cradle of human kind and civilization, therefore it makes sense that disciplines such as astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, chemistry - among others - also can be traced back to Africa,” Dr Koitsiwe.
“The African calendar is in alignment with nature and due to the indoctrination of the Western education system, we are more accustomed to the Gregorian calendar, which is completely out of alignment with nature and based on Western philosophy, astronomy, cosmology, worldview and epistemology,” Dr Koitsiwe.
4 окт 2024
