Ikai Moru, 19, still recalls the hunger that gnawed at her and her mother as they chopped down thorn

Ikai Moru, 19, still recalls the hunger that gnawed at her and her mother as they chopped down thorny acacia trees on their tiny plot, hoping one day to reap a bountiful harvest from the parched earth. She watched her mother grow thinner and paler, and finally sicken and die. 

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Corn That Never Came