A girl called Problem

Type

Book

Authors

Quirk, Katie.

ISBN 13

9780802854049

Tags

Blessing and cursing, Healers, Tanzania, Villages, Moving, Household, Juvenile fiction, Sukuma (African people), Mothers and daughters, Farm Life, Fiction, History

Description

In 1967 Tanzania, when President Nyerere urges his people to work together as one extended family, the people of Litongo move to a new village which, to some, seems cursed, but where thirteen-year-old Shida, a healer, and her female cousins are allowed to attend school. Includes glossary and author's note.

Number of Copies