Fairy Godmother
While we were on holiday in Victoria Falls, our hosts took us to an authentic African restaurant, created by a former white farmer who had her farm confiscated by the Mugabe regime. Left with nothing, but not wanting to leave her country, she set about creating a new life and means of income, by creating Dusty Roads, a restaurant located in the poorer end of the township, where the maids and other staff from our lodge lived. Her restaurant is a clear example of how necessity breeds authentic creativity - she scoured local markets, and rubbish dumps to source the materials she turned into usable decorations for the house she turned into her restaurant. She explained it was nothing new, not a gimmicky, trendy thing to do. With limited income, everyone has to do this in the township. Like a scene from a children's story book, After the fairy waves her wand, Familiar objects stand magically transformed. Battered benches become bookshelve...