**5. Eurocentric vs. afrocentric knowledge systems**

This section deliberates on the two streams of knowledge systems and worldviews as espoused by various scholars. There are ongoing and raging debates by African scholars over the relevance of these knowledge systems and their relevance for development. The dominance of Eurocentric knowledge systems over Afrocentric systems has renewed the academic and epistemological search for indigenous knowledge systems for African development. At the center of knowledge society, economy, and information age, production, management, and dissemination of scientific knowledge are what differentiate developed and developing nations. The Eurocentric Systems and their stories of control and oppression have always dominated Afrocentric Knowledge Systems between Africa and the rest of the world [72]. The systems' two main effects are: (1) the first is that they deliberately degraded African thought, disparaged African culture, and fabricated African history [73]. The concept of Africans as "savages, inferior, uncivilized, backward, lacking knowledge and culture and possessing bad qualities and desire" was created and spread by the proponents of Eurocentric narratives [74]. The conceptual framework of the narratives was oppressive, and it maintained the relation of domination and subjugation. Unfortunately, Eurocentric Knowledge Systems led Africans to search outside of themselves for self-actualization and sustainable growth. They began to think less highly of themselves and their place in the grand scheme of things. The second is that the stories distorted Westerners' anthropological and philosophical analyses of African Knowledge System and kept future generations from having a true understanding of African existential and cultural reality [75]. It somewhat constrained their field of comprehension and warped their idea of the subjective other.

On the other hand, Afrocentricity or Afrocentric Knowledge Systems offer a philosophical, esthetic, and rational vision of reality from an African perspective [23, 76]. It is a theoretical foundation for comprehending African people, ideas, and values provided by Afrocentric thought. It is fruitful to be preoccupied with and try to define African identity, metaphysics, and knowledge [72]. In order to achieve social reconstruction in Africa, Afrocentric system is a keen awareness of African cultural orientations and an empathic evaluation of its fundamental values, beliefs, and ideas [73]. Afrocentric systems advocate using a logical grasp of African cultural concepts to address difficulties relating to human life [77]. It also involves giving our cultural differences and potentials thoughtful, sympathetic evaluation. It has the ability to respect cultural differences and function within African culture.
