Information Technology a Tool for Narratives Preservation in Nigeria

Abstract

Narratives define us as a people. Though it has gone through
different evolution with time, its importance cannot be
overemphasized. It is rich in morals, values and culture, which
necessitates the need to transfer it through generations. Though its
richness, its practice is fading away in this age of information
technology as people prefer to entertain their children with mobile
phones, cartoons and cable T.V than narratives. Using quantitative
method, this paper determined Nigerians knowledge of narratives,
and their willingness to practice and transfer same to the next
generation. A web application was designed for Nigerian narratives
and evaluated using usability testing. The result showed that the
Nigeria web app is effective, efficient and satisfactory.