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Title details for Play Like a Girl by Ellie Roscher - Available

Play Like a Girl

How a Soccer School in Kenya's Slums Started a Revolution

by Ellie Roscher
Katherine Fenton
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Growing up and living in Kibera, Kenya, Abdul Kassim was well aware of the disproportionate number of challenges faced by women due to the extreme gender inequalities that persist in the slums. After being raised by his aunts, his mother, and his grandmother and having a daughter himself, he felt that he needed to make a difference. In 2002, Abdul started a soccer team for girls called Girls Soccer in Kibera (GSK), with the hope of fostering a supportive community and providing emotional and mental support for the young women in the town. The soccer program was a success, but the looming dangers of slum life persisted, and the young women continued to fall victim to the worst kinds of human atrocities. Indeed, it was the unyielding injustice of these conditions that led Abdul to the conclusion that soccer alone was not enough to create the systemic changes needed. In 2006, the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy (KGSA) was established to begin to help create those changes, and it continues its work today.

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    August 8, 2017

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      • ISBN: 9781666599992
      • File size: 246878 KB
      • Duration: 08:34:19

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Katherine Fenton performs this audiobook about the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy, a free secondary school in a Kenyan slum. Her narration is earnest and clear, enthusiastic and sensitive as she helps listeners navigate the details of life in a culture that will be foreign to most. Fenton becomes more expressive when she delivers direct quotes from the students, families, and teachers of KGSA as they talk about how a girls' soccer league evolved into a school and became a haven for a wide circle of people who had previously struggled to find paths to brighter futures. Satisfying listening for feminists, education advocates, and anyone eager to learn about the world through people's stories. A.F. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine

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