A Rwandan Jean Claude Ngumire living in Netherlands has launched an application of African traditional folktales for children, starting with Rwandan folklores.
Talking to IGIHE, Ngumire said; “Nowadays, technology has made everything easy and possible to rapidly access desired tales through computers, tablets or mobile phones. I thought using this application would be among best ways to attract children’s attention to love local practices. The good usage of technology opportunities would help to share and market good practices from Rwanda and Africa in general like tales and literature inherited from predecessors. That is why we want to bring them in a new platform encouraging deeply the practice of tales and knowledge about them,” he said.
Ngumire says that he started from a tale for all children from 6 years and more. He says that they will concentrate on Kinyarwanda tales but translate them into foreign languages to popularize them among all children.
Jean Claude Ngumire is a Visual Illustrator, a career he started in 1992.
He says whoever interested in playing a role in developing children’ literature can email tamtamtales@gmail.com.
He has made three ways of accessing this application.
The first is to access it through ipad: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a-legacy-conflict/id1072361785?mt=8
Installing it in tables or android phones https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tamtamtales.alegacyconflict&hl=nl or visiting the website www.tamtamtales.com
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