Herders and farmers seek reasons for east Africa’s drought
Was it climate change, conflict, or the wrath of God?
Afew years ago, before the great drought, Molu Golbowa looked into a goat’s intestines and foresaw the disaster to come. Some of his neighbours listened and sold their animals while they could. Others scorned his predictions. The old ways were idolatry, said a local sheikh.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Scrambled skies”
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