Story | 30 November 2018
The land, thirsty for water that never comes, cracks open. Dust coats the fields, suffocating the wilted crops still stubbornly trying to survive. Somewhere nearby, life is beginning. A woman is pregnant, and a complex network of cells fueled by oxygen and nutrients — and carried by blood — is growing.
Now it is lean season — the time between planting and harvest when food runs out.