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The study investigated the forms of indigenous knowledge (IK) and how their utilization determines the quality of life of people in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. While the main objective of the research was to investigate how the forms and usage of indigenous knowledge improve the quality of life of people in Nigeria, the specific objectives were: to identify the forms of indigenous knowledge in Nigeria, examine the use of indigenous knowledge in Nigeria and determine the quality of life of rural people in Nigeria. Adopting a survey research design, a multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 287 rural dwellers whose age range was between 20-65years from seven (7) communities as respondents for the study. The questionnaire had three sections A-C. The questions were tested for validity and reliability using the Cronbach‟s alpha test. One of the major findings was that appropriate use of the identified forms of IK significantly improve the quality of life of rural people. The study recommended, among others, that libraries and librarians should endeavor to preserve and disseminate IK in Nigeria in order to rekindle interests in indigenous knowledge as a research domain intended to improve the quality of life of the rural people. Keyword: Forms of indigenous knowledge, IK, Usage of indigenous knowledge, Quality of life, Anambra State, Nigeria Introduction The term quality of life is also referred to as well being. Well-being is used to refer to objective life conditions that are applicable to a population generally while quality of life is limited to individual‟s subjective assessments of live (Theofilou, 2013).Quality of life is an individual‟s perception of his or her position in life in the context of culture and value systems in which he or she lives and in relation to his or her goals, expectations, and concerns incorporating physical health, psychological state, and level of independence, social relations, personal beliefs and relationship to salient features of the environment. Quality of life can also be described as a subjective evaluation which is embedded in a cultural, social and environmental context (World Health Organization, 2002). According to the European Commission (2015), quality of life can be measured by a lot of indicators such as material living conditions, productive or main activity, income, personal and family life, leisure and social interactions, economic and physical safety. In addition, quality of life can be determined by the general characteristics of the community based ongovernance and basic rights, natural and living environment and overall experience of life. According to Zaid and Poopola (2010), the domains that are selected as indicators of quality of life are: educational level, health, income, occupation, social relationship, housing, neighborhood and family life. Quality of life

Forms and usage of indigenous knowledge as tools to improve the quality of life in Idemili South Local Government Area Anambra State, Nigeria