A suggested read

​I just finished reading this (adolescent fiction) book about Tanxania. Easy fun read and gave a taste of what it may have been like transitioning out of white rule.
Included the close family ties of the people, their superstitions and the widely felt sentiment that girls should not go to school. 
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A Girl Called Problem Kindle Edition
by Katie Quirk (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition
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Thirteen-year-old Shida, whose name means "problem" in Swahili, certainly has a lot of problems in her life -- her father is dead, her depressed mother is rumored to be a witch, and everyone in her rural Tanzanian village expects her to marry rather than pursue her dream of becoming a healer. So when the village's elders make a controversial decision to move their people to a nearby village, Shida welcomes the change. Surely the opportunity to go to school and learn from a nurse can only mean good things.

However, after a series of puzzling misfortunes plague the new village, Shida must prove to her people that moving was the right decision, and that they can have a better life in their new home.

For author pictures of Tanzania, a video depicting the life of a modern Tanzanian girl, discussion questions for each chapter of the book, and suggestions for further reading, please go to katie-quirk.com and follow the links for A Girl Called Problem.

​Click HERE for photos.

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