The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade; a renowned historian and scholar, Professor Toyin Falola, and the Vice-Chancellor of Emmanuel Alayande University of Education (EAUED), Oyo, Professor Olanrewaju Olaniyan, have called for greater recognition of indigenous knowledge systems, insisting that Africa’s academic future depends on integrating its intellectual heritage into mainstream scholarship.