Fumba is a village on the Tanzanian island of
Unguja
Unguja (also referred to as "Zanzibar Island" or simply "Zanzibar", in – as mentioned in The ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea'') is the largest and most populated island of the Zanzibar archipelago, in Tanzania.
History
Geography
Unguja is ...
, part of
Zanzibar
Zanzibar is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. It is located in the Indian Ocean, and consists of many small Island, islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island. ...
. It is located in the southwest of the island, at the end of the
Fumba Peninsula, and overlooks
Menai Bay in
Mjini Mgaharibi Region.
Economy and environment
The village's economy is largely based around subsistence agriculture. Staple crops include
cassava
''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although ...
, bananas, and cabbage, though other produce is grown.
Tourism plays an outsize role in the
economy of Zanzibar, though impacts on poverty reduction in the region have been mixed.
The spread of tourist infrastructure along the island's coastline has had significant negative impacts on coastal ecosystems and communities. The loss of access to the sea which has come with the development of this infrastructure has led to a widespread loss of livelihood for fishermen in the region.
A women's seaweed harvesting collective known as Pania Uchupe, roughly translated from
Swahili as "Let's work hard together to succeed" has met modest success in the village and in the global marketplace.
Since 2021, it has supplied a factory in
Kerege,
Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam (, ; from ) is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of the Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over 7 million people, Dar es Salaam is the largest city in East Africa by population and the ...
, known as SeaWeed Café.
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