By Maria Diamond
Designed to promote facts about the African continent, its people and diversity, as well as connect the African diaspora from all over the world to their continent of origin, Afritrivia Jesin Games was officially launched in Lagos, recently.
The evening event was attended by distinguished personalities from all walks of life.
Chairman Advisory Board of Jesin Games, Professor Soji Adelaja, who is currently the John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in Land Policy at the Michigan State University said: “There is very good evidence that learning is significantly enhanced by game-playing. We have decided to make learning fun and accessible through AfriTrivia – a unique game that is created to bridge cultures through play.
AfriTrivia is more than just a trivia game, it is also an educational tool, through which you can discover all the cultural and historical diversity in Africa via different topics. It is designed to educate people about the African continent, improve awareness about Africa, even among Africans themselves. Many Africans know little or nothing about the rest of their continent, and many people in the diaspora have little opportunity to learn what they lack about their continent because they are left relying on books written by historians or other means of learning not presented by Africans.”
Special Guest of the occasion, Former Governor of Cross Rivers State, His Excellency Donald Duke while giving his remarks, showered encomium on the developer of the Jesin Games, for bringing up a game-play that will go a long way to cover some vacuum in Out learning culture. According to him, the AfriTrivia Jesin Games will fill the void of lack of knowledge about the African continent especially for young ones.
The former Presidential candidate urged the developer to make it available for schools in Nigeria so that they can know more about Africa.
AfriTrivia Developer & Chief Executive Officer, Dr John Esin, a Medical Doctor from United States said: “AfriTrivia is a game that challenges you to test your knowledge on some of the most interesting categories like Quotations, History, Sports and Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Government and Politics, and People and Places. It is meant for families to play together, friends to play with each other, and classrooms to become creative centres of learning about our world. AfriTrivia is exciting, and soon, the digital version of AfriTrivia will be available, and it will provide children everywhere with the opportunity to learn more about Africa.”