LITERARY ACTIVITIES WITHIN FAMILIES IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY, ZARIA
LITERARY ACTIVITIES WITHIN FAMILIES IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY, ZARIA
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2006-05-02
Authors
Ibrahim, Umar
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Abstract
The study investigated Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria community with the aim of finding out the types of
information resources for children that are kept by
families in the community; the types of literary
programmes and activities conducted at home by parents
and the willingness or otherwise of families to participate
in community-based literary programmes. Using survey
method of research, 150 families were randomly selected
and surveyed. Questionnaire was used to collect data
from the respondents. The study recorded a high response
rate of 139 (92.67%); 90 (64.75%) were husbands and
49(35.25%) were wives, both groups obtaining various
qualifications, from diploma to doctorate degrees. The
sizes of the families were moderate, ranging from 2 to 5
children per family. School text books constitute the
highest (131/94.24%) information resources kept by
families for children, while story telling ranked first 128
/92:09%) among the activities carried out by parent,
majority 113/81:29%) spent between 1 to 2 hours usually
between 4 to 8p.m. daily. The study also discovered that
because of lack of information resources, qualified staff,
e.t.cparents hardly take their children to the community
public library. However, their willingness to fully
participate and contribute to any planned community
literary programme gives the public library some rays of
hope. The study suggests that the library should initiate,
plan and executive community-based literary
programmes.
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Post-print Journal Article
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LITERARY ACTIVITIES,, FAMILIES IN NIGERIA,, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY, ZARIA