Storybook Apps Turn African Learners Into Writers

The African Storybook Project has developed writing and publishing apps that are promoting literacy. Credit: SaideBy Busani BafanaBULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 10 2022 (IPS) Suwaiba Hassan published an engrossing story. She used digital apps that are giving literacy a boost. The student from Katsina State in Nigeria, Hassan, won a National Reading Competition for a story she created using the African Storybook reader app and the African Storybook maker app. Saide, an education NGO, developed the apps through its African Storybook (ASb) project. The apps are easy-to-use storybook development tools allowing children to write and publish their own stories, which can be read and shared without internet connectivity. ‘Titi and Donkey, the trickster’ was written by Suwaiba Hassan, a student from Katsina State in Nigeria. Credit: ASB Hassan turned to the online apps to help her write and publish her award-winning story – Titi and Donkey. The story is about a girl who narrowly escaped losing her grandmother’s money to a cunning donkey. Hassan wanted to inspire other girls to write and read in writing it. She did more. Her story motivated parents in her home state to encourage more girls to go to school after Hassan won a National Reading Competition and all expenses paid scholarships to cover all her education levels. Northern Nigeria has a high number of out-of-school children. Conquering literacy one story at a time The African Storybook Project has created a digital libr...
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