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A Girl Called Problem
A Girl Called Problem is a middle-grade novel set in Tanzania, East Africa, written by Katie Quirk. These photos are intended to give readers a sense of some of…
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Sukuma friends, posted by the author of A Girl Called Problem, Katie Quirk. Learn more about the book at katie-quirk.com.
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A Sukuma compound--this house is much larger than Shida's house in A Girl Called Problem.
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A Sukuma medicine man, also known as a mganga.
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Bismarck Rock is a famous kopje formation in Lake Victoria. This is what I had in mind when I described Shida's rock pyramid in A Girl Called Problem.
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This is my friend Modesta (left) to whom A Girl Called Problem is dedicated. In this picture, she's pounding rice. Learn more about the book at katie-quirk.com.
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This is what some lakeside developments look like around Mwanza, the town Katie lived close to when the first seeds were planted for A Girl Called Problem.
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Here are some siafu ants. Remember who Shida hopes will get bitten by them?
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Some women wearing kitenge and kanga--printed cloth considered the national dress for women in Tanzania. In A Girl Called Problem, women wear kitenge, babies are carried with it, and Shida's uses them to cover herself when she sleeps and also to cover patients.
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Sukuma man drumming--A Girl Called Problem starts with a message being sent out to the village on their talking drums.
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Flamboyant Tree (Flame Tree)--there are two flamboyant trees in A Girl Called Problem. Can you remember where they appear in the story?
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Shida ate ugali--the white stuff in this picture. She never would have had that much meat in one sitting, though.
African History
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Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian's first president known as "Mwalimu" or teacher. The main character in A Girl Called Problem moves to one of Nyerere's ujamaa villages.
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Tanzania Map--A Girl Called Problem takes place up at the top on the Southern Shore of Lake Victoria.
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Roots and Shoots is a great organization for young people who are looking to make a difference in our world, and it all started with Jane Goodall's work in Tanzania!
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Discussion questions for the middle-grade novel A Girl Called Problem set in East Africa can be found at katie-quirk.com.
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Girl Effect does such a good job of spelling out the rights that every child should enjoy. Seeing some of my young Tanzanian female friends work toward these rights was largely what inspired me to write A Girl Called Problem.
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A Girl Called Problem is a middle grade novel set in Tanzania, East Africa. The main character's name, Shida, means "problem" in Swahili. Watch the video made for the book at katie-quirk.com.