Sue Fourie

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“Famous for nothing” by Sue Fourie

Submitted to Contest #57

It was a small settlement of white folk in a large expanse of rural land in Rhodesia in the early seventies. Marty's husband Peter, had the job as an agriculture officer, teaching the natives to do modern farming, the goats who ran amok were very destructive to the vegetation, to the point of turning the bush land into a dust bowl. The natives were taught how to pen their goats. Contours had to be placed in the maize fields so the rains would not wash the top soil away. Maize is the staple food of the people, called sadza once cooked, with a...

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