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Zanzibar’s future: A diverse community along the seashore is Fumba Town by CPS (left) a more uniform luxury estate with a corniche at Fumba Uptown Living by Bakhresa (right) Global thinkers One person, one opinion FindTwo out all about new Fu excitingmba seaside developmentss just- outsideo neZanzibar City idea

of Zanzibar City, and our neighbour refreshing breeze drifts in from the Fumba Uptown at the southern tip of the sea. A few kilometres away, customers It’s all happening on the Fumba Fumba peninsula - and what unites these happily bargain at Fumba Town’s peninsula: two major real two new urban island delights? Well, it popular weekend market. There is estate developments creating starts with tastes, and probably ends with already remarkable residential life in the your financial possibilities (see box) green estate, where about 500 of a total Lela Muhamed Mussa, 39, Minister of modern living space with While both projects aim to “satisfy the 3000 units in a variety of building styles Tourism of Zanzibar, sharply condemned holiday flats and permanent huge demand in real estate in Zanzibar” and budget options have been sold and inappropriate clothing of holidaymakers: homes. Ever wondered which (Dietzold), promise ”high yields in partly occupied – from low-cost studio “The government is not happy with the is which? And what’s the right investment” (Bakhressa), support local apartments to elegant villas. situation. Despite the need for tourism we one to make your dreams industries and create employment, one In Uptown Living, on the other must avoid the breakdown of our social might - just for the sake of distinction - hand, prestigious, walled-in individual values.“ She introduced fines of $700 - come true? Just read on. properties and a 10-floor apartment $10,000 for violations. A rising number tower attract future buyers. “We only of visitors had been seen recently stroll- oth aspiring seaside communities, Beautiful sell houses ready to deliver”, explains Competitors and friends: ing through town, scantily clad in bikini started in 2015/16, fascinate locals living director Bakhressa, “the furbishing developers Sebastian Dietzold(left) and bathing shorts. as well as a growing number of is still in progress and we have not and Saeed A. Bakhressa Binternational visitors and investors. “Up in Zanzibar even started marketing”. Fumba Town to now we have buyers from 57 nations”, Travel trends 2021 says Sebastian Dietzold, CEO of CPS, identify the uptown version as slightly the developer of Fumba Town. “We have more exquisite and conventional, and The two faces of Fumba Safe & Flexible more in common than separates us”, Fumba Town as the greener and more emphasises Saeed A. Bakhressa, project experimental entity. Fumba Town: Fumba Uptown: director of Fumba Uptown Living (FUL) Is it environment versus luxury, then? 1 150 acres 1 180 acres developed by the Azam Bakhresa group That would be putting it too simply. a pp er of companies. “It’s all about trust and Fumba Town indeed metamorphosed 2 a town for all budgets… 2 …versus high-end living the vision to open up Zanzibar”, the from barren coral rock land into a lush developers, both in their forties and both tropical paradise in just three years by 3 from $22,900 to $390,000 3 from $125,000 to $500,000 Photo: T Photo: engineers, agree. virtue of permaculture landscaping, but Classic furnishing in Uptown 4 21 different types of homes 4 11 apartment & villa types So, what is the difference between the uptown competition can also pride “The Nest”: new hotel in Paje Fumba Town, 20 minutes drive south itself of its own water and electricity by CPS, on the contrary, is selling 5 climate-friendly houses 5 15 km asphalt road network plants supplying up to 20 megawatts of off-plan; buyers pay in instalments. What do tourists in 2021 wish for their power and three million litres of drinking The excitement of new beginnings is 6 94% waste recycling 6 seafront corniche & beach travels, if they travel at all? The world water. “Besides, both towns face the same tangible in both spots. “I couldn’t believe largest tourism company TUI recently 7 eco-playground & school in place 7 amusement park challenges”, Bakhressa adds. A dramatic my eyes seeing entire cities coming surveyed trends. Highest in demand are shortage of sand delayed building up in the middle of nowhere”, a visitor 8 natural tree gullys as drainage 8 underground drainage channels “safety and flexibility”, easy cancella- progress. Another problem: “Turkey or remarked. And both developers seem tion options, nature holidays, islands Mauritius grant immediate residency to agree: The two tropical towns may 9 permaculture paradise 9 fullly fitted kitchens (!), camping, workations (working hol- to home buyers, in Zanzibar we are still eventually form one attractive suburb for idays) and apartment hotels. “People 10 great sunsets! 10 great sunsets! pressing for that”, Bakhressa notes. the capital - with diverse neighbourhoods are eager to travel again”, said chair- Taking a ride on a carousel at Uptown’s but the unifying promise of a better life www.fumba.town [email protected] man Marek Andryszak and forecasted: Cute playgrounds in Fumba Town amusement park on the corniche, a in Zanzibar! “Prices will go up.“ ADVERTISEMENT Testing made easier New Covid-19 test centres in Zanzibar – online results within 72 hours 4 Covid-19 testing centres in Zanzibar have been authorised for travellers. 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By staff writer After decades of neglect the House of Wonders partly collapsed on Christmas Day

stry of Ec of Mi n i stry (4): Photos 2020. Oman and Zanzibar have vowed to resurrect it. THE FUMBA TIMES spoke

to experts and artists about the I STA , RO BI N B AT chances to save the iconic palace.

he naval bombardment during an attempted palace coup in 1896 couldn’t kill it, but decades D emax a pp er,

Tof decay did. The House of Wonders, T om, Zanzibar’s most famous landmark, is c badly damaged since its partial collapse es. Old and new: A top-modern port on Christmas Day which killed two (left), financed by Oman, is planned construction workers and injured others. PP ER L; TA Z UR I HOTE (5): P HOTOS for Zanzibar, raising hopes that The former sultan’s palace, built in handling delays and irregularities 1883 by Oman’s Sultan Seyyid Bargash “Let’s bring the will become a thing of the past. Tra- for ceremonial purposes, is considered ditional (photo above) and industrial one of the most important historic mon- fishing are encouraged uments of East Africa. While the debris

was sorted and wooden supporting pillars I S arahmar k (4): Photos were mounted to save what is left of the old glory back” grand building, experts reckon that at Sketch of the House of Wonder from the book “Sea level” by Sarah Markes, available at Memories. The palace after its partial collapse (above); in its heyday, with marble floors and a grand staircase ExclusiveEXCLUSIVE interview: INTERVIEW Economy Minister Mudrik Soraga speaks out on goodies for investors least 25 per cent of the structure is gone. To protect it from further deterioration ing from the historical skyline of Stone what the Tour Eiffel is for Paris”, says “We cannot let go of the House of Won- Producer Friedrich Kluetsch of film com- during the rainy season, a huge cover of Town. A fence surrounds the wounded UNESCO consultant Ulli Malisius. ders”, reaffirms Mohamed F. Bhaloo, pany Demax noted: “The tragedy has sad- corrugated iron sheets was erected. territory; a show vitrine with photos and longtime chairman of the Zanzibar Stone dened everybody in town.” Tourism alone cannot be the an- must plant new trees. Let the free mar- ulture farming family: Ecotourism is the moment, the pass rate at A-level Surely, your ministry can’t complain Ironically, the “Beit al Ajaib”, as the information about the “regeneration” ef- All eyes on resurrection Town Heritage Society. “It is an eye-open- Will a replica of the monumental swer; the coronavirus has taught ket economy take shape. the new frontier. We are an island with in Zanzibar is a mere 40 per cent. That about a lack of chores, what’s your building is called in Arabic, was already forts - so dramatically interrupted - is still Complete reconstruction was promised er for visitors because of its universal building do it justice? Artists are al- A fresh start, a young cabinet: us this lesson. What’s your plan to limited space and an ever-growing pop- means, 60 per cent did not understand vision for Zanzibar 2025? under repair when the tragic incident hap- standing. by the governments of Oman and Zan- value.” His theory for the collapse: “Sea- ready discussing alternatives like a mod- 36-year-old Hon. Mudrik diversify the economy? Has the corona pandemic caused less ulation. High-yield, high-value tourism what they were taught in class. A thriving business environment, a sig- pened. In a first assessment of the crash The impressive three-storey former pal- zibar soon after the col- front water might have ern museum dedicated to the shared Ramadhan Soraga is one of the I agree, we have far too many eggs economic havoc than first feared? is the answer. For Pemba, one of the nificant reduction in poverty and, hope- which shocked not only Zanzibaris but ace, a perfect rectangle with cast-iron lapse. “It is possible to penetrated and damaged Oman-Zanzibar heritage. “An interna- in one basket. We need to expand From March to September we endured most divine biospheres on the planet Exports as well as imports need a fully, to become an upper middle-in- heritage experts all over Africa and the pillars and broad verandas, was named reconstruct the building “Unique the building from under- tional architect competition could produce promising talents of Zanzibar’s our portfolio. Our biggest asset is the what was like a complete lockdown. with intact coral and fishing reserves, well functioning modern port - a come economy in Zanzibar, too. Middle East, Zanzibar’s Minister for House of Wonders because it was the first in its original style and ground.” UNESCO con- ideas”, said Kluetsch, who made the film new government elected in ocean, that’s what we call the blue Everybody, from hotel owners to tour we will allow only a maximum of 25 weak point so far… Tourism and Heritage, Lela Muhamed building with electricity south of the Sa- shape”, architects and living heritage sultant Malisius supports “Sons of Sindbad”. Among the artistic vi- October. Frank and open- economy. Improving and industrial- operators to spice farms, saw huge loss- hotels with focus on wellbeing, escap- Very much so. We are a seafarer’s na- Mussa, concluded in February that “lack hara, even featuring an elevator. The mis- engineers agreed. The ef- must be saved” the view that not recent sions: a hologram of the original House of minded, the Minister of Labour, ising the fishing industry and seaweed es. From October onward, however, ism, isolation in nature. tion! We have to bring back the old of care in the choice of the contractor and erable decline of the once glorious icon fort will be tied to a larg- negligence alone caused Wonder inside a modern building. “What Economy and Investment farming is a major opportunity. The the fact that Zanzibar was wide open, glory days of world trade. That’s why monitoring weakness of authorities led to was set in motion when sultan rule and er, long in the making re- the collapse: “The scaf- is important”, says Joachim Puls, another same goes for the clove industry; Zan- generated a massive tourism influx If I were to invest in Zanzibar today, we are extremely happy to have ratified the incident.“ Further investigations by colonial protectorate ended in 1964, and generation program for the “unique living folding was surely insufficient but rainwa- filmmaker, “is that any future icon carries spoke to THE FUMBA TIMES zibar used to be among the three top from Eastern countries, which in re- what would you advise? a deal with Oman to finance a mul- UNESCO and Oman are underway. Zanzibar became part of Tanzania. The heritage” of Stone Town, Oman-based ter and humidity damages over the years forward the symbolism of a meeting place about the planned mega-port, sellers of cloves worldwide until 2010, turn created an economic cushion. All Deep-sea fishing including freezing & ti-million-dollar industrial port in the palace stood empty some years before consultant Graham Leslie said. Architect did the rest.” of cultures. That’s after all what the House business incentives and called in a bygone era it was even Number in all we made 50 per cent of the rev- packing industry for export. north-western Mangapwani area where The “Tour Eiffel” of Zanzibar becoming a National Museum in 2002. Uli Malisius estimates the re-building “Zanzibar is crying”, summed up a team of Wonders stood for. Innovation and her- Heritage expert Bhaloo with a 1994 Zanzibar “one of the world’s One! That’s a field for investors. We enue of 2019 - more than most tourism we have ideal deep-harbour conditions For now, the clock tower is clearly miss- “The House of Wonders is for Zanzibar will cost ten million dollars. of European documentary filmmakers. itage should go hand in hand.” regeneration plan for Stone Town hottest investment locations”. ill provide three million seedlings free destinations in the world. Zanzibar had Is there no overfishing yet? with a seven kilometres shoreline and of charge. We want to increase clove 600 plane landings in less than three No, quite the contrary. Currently, we 20 metres depth. It will be a multi-pur- output from the current 3,000 tons per months, ranking it among the busiest exploit only one per cent of our fishing pose port with numerous terminals, Minister Soraga, how many people year to 8,000 tons. airports in Africa. Now we have to be stock. state-of-the-art container handling, hold a job in Zanzibar? careful not to diminish the value of our facilities for oil, natural gas offshore , M oons , Modern homes To 45 per cent, about 60 per cent of these What caused the collapse of the brand. What about the services, fishing and in tourism. The rest - the majority of clove industry? local manufactur- a backup for reha- Zanzibari - work in the informal sector, It is high time we privatise that busi- The brand Zanzibar – does it exist? ing industry, the “We are a bilitation of marine in small-scale farming and fishing or ness. Most trees are old and worn out, I’d like to say it very clearly, and not long-awaited alter- proud seafarer’s vessels. We will still grow with the family have no job at all. many still from colonial times. We only because I am the son of a permac- native to tourism? keep the existing “Eco is hot!” Visiting Fumba I completely agree nation” Malindi port and Town recently, Minister Mudrik CP S (2): Photos Private rooftops and superb views with you and appeal convert it into a lei- Soraga talked to residents and Free Economic Zones: No income tax for 10 years to investors to make use of our Free sure yacht and cruise ship terminal with officials (photo). The father of three constructed. “What we need nowadays Economic Zones (see box, Ed.) to es- curio shops and dhows. children started his career as a are living spaces that grow, or shrink, tablish small-scale industries. A Turkish diplomatic attaché in the Comoros Vizazi means generation with our life”, says Moons. “Children Five so-called “Free Economic under certain conditions. The Zanzibar investment certificates in investor for instance is showing interest The new port – a massive, long-term in 2009. He studied political and in Swahili. And made for move out, while elderly parents may Zones” in Zanzibar, including Fum- Investment Promotion Authority less than 10 days in establishing a household appliance project... economic development in Idaho, multi-generational living are move in to join you.” The Vizazi homes ba, Maruhubi, Amani, the airport (ZIPA) within the Ministry of Invest- and furniture factory. At the moment, ..which we intend to speed up by ex- US, and Arusha. include three and four bedroom town area in Unguja and Micheweni in ment handles applications. Among the no taxes and duties on manufacturing accounts for only two pecting the master plan to be on our the new Vizazi homes now houses as well as one and three bedroom Pemba, grant incentives to investors benefits: imported machinery per cent of Zanzibar’s economy. table within three to six months. on sale in Fumba Town. apartments. Everything is combinable Zanzibar‘s and floor plans can be adjusted. excemption from corporate There has been a massive decline in Some regulations, regarding taxes he Vizazi homes will add to the “Privacy was the most important aspect and income tax for 10 years the manufacturing industry. for instance, still need to be har- economy variety of houses and apartments for us”, says Moons. Like a Victorian The economic collapse at the end of the monised between Tanzania and already available in Fumba Town, row house, each unit built in wood no tax on rent, dividends, 80s happened for a number of reasons: Zanzibar? • 7% annual economic growth Tthe seaside property just a 20-minute technology stretches over three floors interest and capital gains for After privatisation, factories closed A lot of regulatory and legal reforms are Architect Leander Moons’ flexible in the past decade car drive from the capital Zanzibar with its own divine individual rooftop 10 years due to mismanagement; dishonest civil coming. We want to remove everything family homes for Zanzibar are built City. “We are building the new units and a private inner courtyard. servants on a grabbing spread exagger- which is putting investors off. in wood technology, “good for your • 45% employment rate for families with flexibility in mind”, Although blocks of four houses form VAT relief on local purchases ated the trend, certain institutions bene- health and the future of the planet” said Sebastian Dietzold, CEO of estate one greater building, each unit feels like fitted from imports. I never understood Much too slow, critics say. Fumba, • 35 % of Tanzania’s tourism developer CPS, when presenting the a house on its own. Windows are set on-site inspection of all that! First priority of a government for instance, lacks sand for construc- • During pandemic: 2/3 of imported goods should be to protect the local industry. tion, a huge problem. innovative design to the public at the end back to provide shade. The homes have Vizazi Homes Tanzania’s tourism I am aware of it. We can’t use local sand of February in Dar es Salaam. Architect sea or garden views. Staircase steps are - 1 bedroom from $69.900 helping start-ups with Where is the skilled labour because we would deplete our natural • Only 2% of economy Leander Moons, an urban planner from lit - adding to the safety and comfort of - 3 bedroom from $149,900 the Netherlnds based in New York, has the elder generation, and also rendering reduction of paperwork in Zanzibar? resources in Zanzibar. Sand from Baga- in manufacturing - 2 bedroom corner from $199,900 A topic very dear to my heart! We ur- moyo should be allowed in for construc- been with the Fumba project from the a modern touch. “The homes are built in Hon. Mudrik Soraga receiving FUMBA TIMES editor Andrea Tapper. His Apply here:www.zipa.go.tz gently need to invest in our knowledge tion; there have been some issues with • Only 1% of fishing start. He planned the community row a way that your neighbour cannot look www.fumba.town ministry falls under The State President’s Office, indicating his significance economy, ensuring that people are pre- permits but we have sorted it out, and we stock exploited One modern cube building contains four spacious Vizazi homes, each stretching over three floors. The airy units allow houses Moyoni Homes and the most into your property”, architect Moons Ph. +255 623 989 900 pared for the job market to come. At are working hard on the matter. individual styling with loft-style kitchens and self-contained sections on any level luxurious Bustani Villas soon to be emphasises. [email protected]

Meet the pangolins! Mind my business Rare creatures’ comeback in Africa makes conservationists happy Local entrepreneurs making a difference

mammal had been confiscated from vae. Because they have no teeth, they and b eyond Photo: Fabrics, fabrics, fabrics – Suma wildlife traffickers. The Phinda reserve pick up food with their sticky tongues, is a hidden gem, a local favour- A first baby was born to the carries out an ambitious conservation which sometimes reach lengths greater A heaven for material girls ite for buying material D u bi e l . most endangered species in the project to bring the species back. than the animal’s body. world, the pangolin in South “When we rescued the pangolin Since 2016, an international treaty by African fabrics, and no better place Darajani for more than 30 years, when mother she was already pregnant”, said protects the species from extinction but to buy them than at Suma near Darajani Mohammed Hussein took over from his Africa. Naylor. His team filmed the birth and illegal trade continues. market. An empire of fabrics, it’s stuffed dad. From kanga to kitenge, from linen Fine fabrics for every taste: A (2): Photos is monitoring the progress of the little The andBeyond travel company man- The biggest choice and best to the roof with cotton, linen, silk to polyester - on three floors you can ooking faintly like a crocodile pup, now a few months old, with a re- ages high-end tours and lodges in Afri- prices in town offers Suma, a and every other imaginable material. browse, compare patterns, colours and dollars) per metre. I find or a new-age mini-dinosaur, mote camera. ca, Asia and South America and is espe- It’s the one shop that apparently everyone fabric qualities, and get inspired. Glittery some beautiful dark red the peaceful creature is entirely The pangolin animal is haunted be- cially dedicated to conservation issues. not-so-easy-to-find local store knows - however, for a newcomer not or plain, heavy or fluffy, traditional, linen, absolutely my Lharmless to humans. And yet, it is the cause it is high in demand in countries In Zanzibar, the company entertains the on three floors in Darajani. an easy find: no street name, no shop colourful or dotted … the choice is colour, but am told that on most trafficked animal in the world, like China and Vietnam. The meat is Mnemba luxury island resort. sign, no shop window. “How do new endless. “Many of the hotels are buying the third floor the fabrics more than even elephants or rhinos. considered a delicacy and pangolin The World Wild Fund for Nature rinted fabrics in bold colours clients discover you?“, I ask Mohammed here, too“, Mohammed says, “bed sheets, are sold by roll only. If Now, the andBeyond Phinda Private scales are used in traditional medicine (WWF) estimates that hundreds of and flowing dresses – even Hussein, the owner and manager. He is table clothes, decoration.“ Also, a lot of I want to buy just a few Game Reserve in KwaZulu Natal an- and folk remedies. Though many think thousands pangolins were killed in the though most of Zanzibari a kind, busy gentleman who rules over uniforms are made of Suma fabrics. metres, it’s a floor below. nounced the birth of a pangolin pup, of them as reptiles, pangolins are actu- last decade. Pangolins are on the verge Pwomen cover themselves according the unfathomable amounts of fabrics. „And the most expensive material, There I happily get my red the first of this endangered species to ally mammals and wholly covered in of extinction around the globe. 97 tons to Muslim tradition, they do it in “Just ask for it”, he flatly replies. Of what would that be?“ I ask. Mohammed linen and a nice kitenge be born in South Africa since decades. scales. Under threat, a pangolin will of their scales have been intercepted in their very own style - colourful and course, I should have guessed that. leads me to some colourful lace - selling as a gift for friends. Suma General Store “We are very happy and excited about immediately curl into a tight ball. Africa and Asia from illegal hunters in bright. Tourists as well are fascinated The Suma General Store has been part of at a mere TZS 7,500 (just about three Angelika Dubiel Darajani the birth”, said conservationist Simon Pangolins, which can be up to one one year. More information: Naylor. The mother of the new baby metre long, eat ants, termites and lar- www.worldwildlife.org Riding on mum’s back - a rare baby pangolin born in Africa views Page 4 – Edition 07, March - May 2021 Page 5 – Edition 07, March - May 2021 people

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By Catharina Aanderud The Makunduchi hospital saves a pp er

, T , premature babies in a unique Sebastian Dietzold way dubbed ‘Kangaroo Mother Publisher of THE FUMBA the Care’, a WHO-advised method. Photo: CP S Photo: TIMES and CEO of CPS hen Pamela Allard talks about the impressive ck Isto (4): Photos changes the Makunduchi hile I am writing these lines, It is still early. You have not yet missed WHospital in south-eastern rural Zanzibar the power here in beautiful the opportunity. We still have power sugar underwent during the last thirteen years, Zanzibar is off. I have lit cuts. But in just a very few years, all of one can feel her intense engagement Wsome candles to help me see my notes this will have changed. Zanzibar is al- for the project she has managed for about why you, why everyone who can, ways good for a surprise, they say. That years. Before the Health Improvement should invest here. The contradictions, has certainly become true once more in Project Zanzibar (HIPZ), a UK-based of power cuts and fast-growing tourism, the past few months. charity organsation cooperating with of progressive governance and lacking We are currently seeing a new vibe the Zanzibar ministry of health, became infrastructure, are a fact. Yet, the abso- on the island - a real holiday vibe, res- Man engaged here in 2007, the place was a lute will to move forward makes Zanzi- taurants full, boutiques sold out, taxi Zanzibar a sugar-producing island? run-down provincial facility - even bar an exciting place to invest in. drivers non-stop busy. “Fully booked” without doctors. Local people preferred Demonstrating this point is our in- - Zanzibar is probably the only place in It’s happening already! to go to traditional healers when they depth interview with the new minister of the world to say so at the moment. And were sick. Everything has changed economy, Hon. Mudrik Soraga, on page while the circumstances may not be un- 2. Also very exciting the feature about a controversial, it’s a reassuring sign - for courageous sugar entrepreneur on page the economy, jobs and investments. 5. And for all of you who have been I say it and I mean it: If you don’t wondering what the “Two Fumbas” are invest in Zanzibar now, you will re- all about, I recommend our cover story gret it. The time is right. As always, showing that while our approaches may enjoy the read and stay informed with by Abdul Kitumbi / Art Lovers itself is a sweet promise. It stands for director Vicky Patel took to the challenge long run causes obesity and from a centrifuge above our heads it differ, we share a common vision. THE FUMBA TIMES. the possible divergence of the Zanzibar of rescueing it. So far, the investor who diabetes. Nutritionists recommend no more suddenly starts “raining sugar”. A economy - from a mono-cultural became the chairman of ZSFL has than 25-50 grams sugar intake per day. transport belt brings the light-brown, tourism hub to a diversified economy. channelled more than 40 million dollar high-quality organic sweetener into Today, ZSFL employs almost 700 into the sugar business on the island. More jobs for the island wooden basins from where it is dried GUEST COMMENT workers on the factory site and in the Step by step the local production was While we walk alongside the green field and packed. The factory’s general Salme’s last scandal Rahim M. Bhaloo sugarcane fields in the north of Zanzibar. brought back to life, from 185 tons in near Kiwengwa, Bhaloo, wearing a blue manager Rajesh Kumar Dodla, 50, “Zanzibar needs greater “If the sugar industry here were to 2015 to 8,500 tons in 2019, before the jeans and a plaid cowboy shirt, says: “I carefully watches the entire process. variety of industries” be fully established and sugarcane onset of the corona pandemic. “We am sure we can create many more jobs And before we say good-bye, Rahim From Moscow considered a strategic crop like in many have recently more than doubled our for Zanzibar.” Back in the factory, I watch Bhaloo sums it all up: “The white Princess Salme of Zanzibar other countries, we could create jobs for daily production capacity”, says Rahim the huge machinery first swallowing the gold, as sugar is sometimes called, has A anderud Photo: with love seems as controversial almost 10,000 people”, the resident director Bhaloo, “but we could actually produce sugarcane sticks and extracting the juice. yet to be fully discovered, explored 100 years after her death than forecasts. much more”. The problem: “We lack By heating up the syrup it crystallises and and utilised in Zanzibar.” A. Tapper Caring for tiny premature babies Almost singlehandedly With sugarcane being land to grow sugarcane. in life. In Germany, a squabble Rahim M. Bhaloo revived regarded one of the most We were promised since then: Today 14 doctors and 27 about a square named after the ailing sugar industry significant and efficient “Sugar, spirits double the land we are nurses are providing health services. her turned into a farce. sources of biomass for and energy - cultivating now. We have In north-western Kivunge a second in Zanzibar. He now biofuel production, the high hopes on the new HIPZ hospital was built in 2012, staffed Russian journalist Ingrid Kim, who produces 8,500 tons of the entire sugar factory runs all from one government.” Only with with 22 doctors. Together, the hospitals vacationed in Zanzibar for two he flaws of political correctness “white gold” per year - and on its own generated factory” more farming land, the serve 350,000 people. months, about how her fellow - and the so-called “cancel could do much more. energy – no external factory - still writing red At the heart of Makunduchi Hospital countrymen discovered the island

Photo: P R I VATE Photo: culture” - were demonstrated in electricity is required at figures - could eventually is a very touching ward for premature and what they like here Ta scandal brewing between Germany the time of production. “At full capacity run sustainably. babies and their mothers. Lacking and Zanzibar involving the island’s t’s 11 o’clock in the morning we could contribute as much as seven It’s a lush, green paradise. The bamboo- incubators they practice a WHO- most famous daughter, Princess Salme and all the machinery running megawatts into the local grid”, Bhaloo like sugarcane crop with its green leafs advised method to keep these low birth “$300-500 hen I first heard about Zanzi- a Boeing 777-300. All in all it is estimat- of Zanzibar. smoothly when we enter the says. stands tall in Zanzibar’s “feeding basket” weight infants alive: Kangaroo Mother per week is bar from work contacts I nev- ed that between 2,500 to 10,000 holiday- A public square in the maritime city Isugar cane mill in Mahonda. Huge zone of Upenja all the way to Kilombero Care, in short KMC. “Like a kangaroo er thought I would get here. makers from Russia arrived in Zanzibar of Hamburg, recently named “Emily- processing buildings in white and Caramel smell in the air and Bambi, right in the middle of the baby, which spends the first months my budget WBut when, after months of quarantine, each week over the winter. Ruete-Square“ after Princess Salme’s blue stand out against a greyish sky The caramellish smell of molasses island. Around 3,300 acres are utilised of his life in his mother’s pouch, the in Zanzibar” the Russian government opened bor- Russians are very good networkers, adopted German marriage name, was on the property. Inside the factory lingers in the air. “A sugar factory to grow sugarcane; it’s harvested premature babies stay for weeks in ders in August for just two destinations, too. On Telegram, travel blogger Andrey hastily stripped of the name again halls, a labyrinth of colourfully does not only produce sugar”, Bhaloo twice per year. Another 500 acres are close skin contact with their mothers“, Tanzania and Turkey, I knew what to Slavyansky opened a chat for Russians amidst allegations that the Zanzibar painted machinery awaits us: explains to me, “molasses, biomass cultivated by 800 farming families, explains Pamela Allard. do. Having visited Turkey, I decided to tourists sharing useful information such sultan’s daughter was a „racist“ and yellow, red and light green pipes, energy, alcoholic spirits and barges are trained and technically supported by The programme advisor and venture to Africa for the first time. I flew as where to rent cars or houses in Zanzi- “favoured slavery”. centrifuges, fennels, boilers and by-products”. Molasses can be used as ZSFL and better known as “outgrowers” partnership director from the UK by Ethiopian Airlines via Addis Ababa. bar, how to organise excursions. One day Princess Salme was born in 1844 in transport belts – everything needed cow feed. “In Brazil, the spirit production within the industry. The equation is coordinates the international support The 10-day trip was well organised by a I visited a mangrove forest; locals with Zanzibar as the youngest daughter of to process bulky sugar cane sticks is sometimes a larger business than the straightforward: “To fulfill the local for both hospitals. Among the donors tour agency named Africa Escapes and I machetes were paving the way for us. We the ruler of Zanzibar, Sultan Sayyid into the finest brown natural sugar. sugar itself”, the director adds with a demand of Zanzibar, “three to four times is Rotary Zanzibar which also runs a stayed on the best beach on the island, at didn’t expect to see such beautiful nature. Saïd, and a slave concubine – but like When Rahim M. Bhaloo, a well- smile. as much sugarcane should be planted screening project against breast cancer

Kendwa Sunset Beach Bungalows. Lik- The budget of a single tourist like me all children in such circumstances, she La A ndreas ibl e A r c h i ve, Photos(2): reputed Zanzibar-born entrepreneur, A huge, naïve painting decorates here”, director Bhaloo says. “Then at the hospitals. Reports show a survival ing it very much, I did what many of my is usually around 300-500 dollars per became free at birth. At the age of 22 known to most as the owner of the humble boardroom of the mill, we would no longer rely on imports rate of 80 per cent of the ‘kangaroo fellow Russian holidaymakers have come week including accommodation and she fell in love with the Hamburg trader Defending Princess Salme: prominent journalist Matthias Iken from Hamburg Multi-Color Printers in Mtoni, telling the story of its origins: In 1972 from Brazil or any other country”. babies’. “Our smallest weighed only to do - I decided to return and stay for two everything. Russians are adventurous Rudolph Heinrich Ruete on her home took over as the Resident Director Zanzibar’s first president Abeid Amani Increased production would lower the 900 grams”, nurses say. A lowering of months. and business-minded. In the few months island in Africa and fled with him to context for a meaningful discussion”. outrightly condemning them. Quite of the island’s only existing sugar Karume invited the Chinese to built the price, too. In Zanzibar, at the moment, mortality rates of regular born babies What do Russians like about Zanzibar since we were allowed to come to Zanzi- Germany when she became pregnant. He would, however, “not ask authorities wittily, she wrote about polygamy: factory two and a half years ago, factory. By 1977 it was running well. to process a ton of sugar costs $750; on has also been achieved. and how do they explore it? First of all, bar, several have already started looking She lived there until she died in 1924. in Hamburg to reinstate her name on the “The sole difference between an oriental the “Zanzibar Sugar Factory Ltd.” By 1982 the business had collapsed and the international market it’s $350-$400. I’d like to say, that many of us, like me, for business or acquiring land here. square”, el-Gheithy stated. woman’s situation and a Western (ZSFL) was ailing. “Now we see remained closed until 2003 when Indian Not everything is sweet about sugar. had never been to Africa before, but we The Tanzanian government invites tour- Scandal post-mortem He did not have to, either. woman seems to be, that the first knows a lot of prospects”, 49-year-old businessman Mahesh Patel, a specialist A lot of processed food such as ketchup, pizza “More land, more produce, more jobs”: Sugar producer Rahim Bhallo in the For information and donations: are quick to adapt! Sightseeing like Safari ists without a PCR corona test. Would Back in the present day, Hamburg’s The newspaper reports in Germany the number and character of her rivals, Bhaloo says. The sugar factory in in agro-farming, together with managing and juice contains hidden sugar, which in the sugarcane fields near his ZSFL sugar factory (photo above) in Mahonda Rotary Zanzibar, Blue, the sand bank Nakupenda - Zanzi- Russians also come when tests are re- most popular daily, the “Hamburger which found an unexpected resonance whereas the other is kept in charming https://www.facebook.com/ bar has a lot to offer. I was happy like a quired? First I’d like to say that we only Abendblatt”, came to the rescue of the among readers prompted city officials ignorance.” Editor Iken countered: “To RotaryZanzibar/ child and screaming while I swam with travel when we feel healthy. But a test maligned princess. Deputy editor-in- to reinstall the street sign bearing the evaluate a person from the 19th century dolphins the first time in my life, a real could pose a problem because Russians chief Matthias Iken defended her against princess’ name “until further notice”. by the standards of the 21st century is emotional adventure. don’t like to spend extra money. They critics calling them “hyper-activists” “The whole issue has become a real wrong. And unhistorical: Hamburg in I spoke with many Russian tourists who like to bargain and fight for a discount for and “digital blog guards” – in a pun farce”, commented Hamburg citizens. particular badly discriminated against Salme as a widowed ‘person of color’. RAMADAN Special

consider Zanzibar a very beautiful island any service! relating to the activities of the infamous a pp er with plenty of water activities, ideal to One of the reasons why we want to “block guards” of former East Germany How did it all start? The authorities denied her inheritance Pretty modest escape from the cold winter at home. We escape from the pandemic at home: We spying on fellow citizens during the Members of the liberal ruling coalition and appointed a guardian to take care of her property.“ After the death of her Two lady entrepreneurs open “boutique with a meaning“

Russians are not a homogenous group but still expect a third wave of Covid-19. times of cold war. in Hamburg, the Social Democratic T H ouse, we split into long-stayers renting houses However, the Sputnik vaccination is now “I would be very interested to know and Green parties, had suggested husband Salme struggled to raise her “Comfortable yet stylish, a bit modest, To complement their boutique the two and villas for a few months and those on improving the data. Many Russians have how Zanzibaris view the treatment of naming a place in the city after the three children on her own. and a little bit conservative”, Rahima women have started what they refer short travel packages starting from 600 started to work distantly like me; as a the late Princess Salme in her adopted Zanzibar princess. The same politicians Modest dresses with a modern describes the dress concept to me. “An- to as “Rakha Talks”, a monthly series dollars up to luxury stays at 5-star hotels. journalist I can write articles for Russian country”, journalist Iken told THE demanded a reversal a few months Princess Salme Museum twist - and good advice - are ything goes, but no bling-bling”, she says of talking sessions for women dealing Emerson on Hurumzi Hotel, Popular tour operators are Sanex, Coral magazines from anywhere. And surely, I FUMBA TIMES, “but unfortunately we later “in light of new findings”. - “New offered in the new Mbweni laughing. Khaytham joins our conver- with topics such as “self-esteem” or and Pegas, and the air charter company prefer to do it in sunny climate rather than did not get a reaction from there”. findings if a person is dead since almost Stone Town D o ll (2:) Photos sation by video call from Dar. The two “relationships.” Getting together in the Royal. Flights were launched from Mos- in the cold at home - if only the internet Said el-Gheithy, director of The Salme 100 years?”, journalist Iken asked. Charming exhibition with photos, boutique Doll House. women met in Zanzibar and instantly surroundings of a boutique may sound cow by Utair and Azur twice weekly with coverage in Zanzibar were better! Museum in Stone Town, meanwhile The critics had taken offence at information and antique belon- became friends when Rahima, who was strange at first, but sharing experienc- For this year’s Ramadan - due commented in Zanzibar: “Of course several passages of Salme’s 280- gings of Salme he moment you step in, you are in born in Dubai and raised in Canada, came es has “been very much appreciated by around mid-April to mid-May Ingrid Kim writes for a prestigious publications in Russia, Princess Salme’s writings on slavery page book “Memoirs on an Arabian open daily 10 am - 5 pm a comfort zone. A light and airy back to the home of her parents. They de- our women friends and customers”, the - Doll House is preparing a spe- okolopolitiki.ru She works as the press secretary of the diplomatic are not without controversy.” But, Princess”, published in 1886, dwelling “Memoirs of an Arabian Princess” feeling prevails at Doll House cided to open a boutique together: “Find two proprietors say. “All of us need a cial collection of kaftans with a club Amicability in Moscow. Contact: @ingridaworld, www.amicability. he added, Zanzibar “has provided a on slavery and polygamy without Available on Kindle, Amazon TBoutique. Rahima, one of the two lady your personality in a dress”, Khaytham safe space to express ourselves.” And touch of elegance in sophisticated proprietors, asks me to take a seat in a explains their philosophy. Neatly framed slipping into one of their comfy long colours. Doll House proprietors cosy lounge corner with beige sofas while posters on white walls underline the aspi- viscose dresses, light as a summer Rahima and Khaytham are sure: my gaze wonders over two rows of exqui- ration. They read: “Find your own kind of breeze, one perfectly understands. “Zanzibar women will dress up for Ivory? only On Wood site, yet casual dresses for any occasion. beautiful” and “We rise by lifting others”. (AT) the occasion.” Women want to cel- Readers‘ letters elephants! pioneers “Some of our designs are made here, oth- ebrate “this special time with new ers we import ready-made from Turkey, outfits and make-ups”, they say. Thanks for your excellent report about UK and India”, Rahima Hasham explains Last year, due to Corona, get-to- wood technology houses in Zanzibar in issue Dear reader, No. 5. I was not aware that such houses are to me. The 24-year-old, who returned to gethers and celebrations were re- we at FUMBA TIMES welcome built on the island and would love to make Zanzibar after getting married, runs the stricted to the inner circle of the Publisher: CPS Live Ltd. Contributors to this issue: Catharina Aanderud, your opinion, story ideas, an appointment for viewing. new fashion house together with her part- family. Even if that is the same this a pp er P.O.Box 3564, Fumba Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania Blackbird, Rudolf Blauth, Dr. Jenny Bouraima, suggestions and feedback. ner Khaytham Turky, 36. year, “women like to feel different www.fumba.town Angelika Dubiel, Ingrid Kim, Abdul Kitumbi Jake Murimba, Nairobi Two young men enter, looking a bit lost during Ramadan.” Any tailoring International Chief Editor: Andrea Tapper Proofreading: Jeff Kavanagh Mail us your comments.

Photo: T Photo: in the female realm, one of them mum- alterations at the Doll House Bou- Dear Jake, thanks for the compliment. The [email protected] Advertising & Marketing: If published, we reserve the bling, he wants a “surprise dress” for tique are free of charge. upcoming new family homes Vizazi are also Local Editor: Hissham M. Abdukadir Lorenz Herrmann, Lydia Kasese right of editing and shortening. his girlfriend. “What is she like?”, asks Dear Fumba Times team, built with wood technology (see p. 3). CPS, the Managing Editor: Tobias Dietzold [email protected] with great pleasure I noticed your photo developer behind Fumba Town, wants to stimu- Rahima, “what colours does she wear?” Doll House Boutique Art Director & Layout: Sidney Tapper Readers Letters: [email protected] E-mail to: “Only elephants should wear ivory”. With late local industrial forestry in Tanzania with Colours? The guy looks as if he doesn’t Mbweni Rd, Zanzibar Photography: Keegan Checks Print: Mwananchi Com. Ltd, Dar es Salaam [email protected] such features you will change Zanzibar! major wooden building schemes in the coming have the faintest idea. But no problem. In Ph. +255 779 222 111 Hongera! years. Kindly check our website www.fumba. the end he opts for a shirt-style, knee-long +255 774 052 548 town for appointments. Karibu any time! dress with happy stripes that could just look Insta: dollhouseboutique.znz THE FUMBA TIMES is published quarterly. All rights reserved. No reprint or excerpts without formal permission. Waiz, fashion designer -the editor Khaytham and Rahima at Doll House: More than just fashion fabulous on a woman of any size or shape. A collection of romantic dresses and sporty cuts “empowering women” my home Page 6 – Edition 07, March - May 2021 Page 7 – Edition 07, March - May 2021 my life

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Inside Fumba Town a pp er , T , Narrated by the very people who live and work there Soooo True stories of new residents A colourful environment (left), Two sides of a coin Photos (3): CP S (3): Photos

er a pp er a patient head teacher, Aloyce

, T , Shirima (below). Silverleaf learned something new today. I was a time when my people were colonised pre-primary runs from 7:30 to walking around the Kwetu Kwenu and oppressed. inviting... M useum M er c ury (4): s P HOTO 12:30 with the option for kids to Farmer’s Market when I saw a table Sharmin Esmail brings charm and style stay until 15:30 Ithat was selling coins that could be worn I am fascinated with the history of lan- as jewelry. I had been in the search for guage, especially the history of words to the top post of town manager CP S (2): Photos a nice neck piece. They had coins from that we have re-modified and call our as many countries, continents and time own. It is interesting to note that a sig- periods as you can possibly imagine. nificant amount of words that we use in The vendor knew the history of each our day-to-day language originates from and every coin. The one that stuck out to another political era all together. me, was the “Heller”. This coin was introduced to Tanzania by the Germans in As I bought my neck piece and continued 1904 during their colonial rule. to walk around the market, I wondered

a pp er whether a coin introduced by an oppres-

, T , The reason its history stood out for me sive power should be given value by us- is because I had always assumed that the ing it as a jewelry piece today? Or is it the Fatma Khamis and her son Mabrouk, 5, relaxing at home word “hela” that we use to refer to money other way around? Could I, by adopting it S ck s/CP had its origins in the Swahili language. alter its meaning connecting it to my own S upport our Little did I know that the word came from interpretation of history? “ten seconds The first recipients of the scholarships are children from the surrounding Dimani and Nyamanzi communities, children of To the clinic” Fumba Town staff and other children from Photos (3): Keegan Che Keegan (3): Photos children! around Zanzibar. “The scheme mirrors our you were raised, and Zanzibar? Monthly sponsorships for Fumba school start at $6 idea of an educational concept as inclusive Vigilant Sharmin Esmail at her desk: “One voice for a diverse town” Growing up in Cairo as a child was and diverse as our town is”, Dietzold said. Fatma Mabrouk Khamis, amazing! My family was there, and “Children whose parents can afford the Blackbird safe water. She checks on landscaping, showing me around her own beautifully In Washington, I had to drive to a park, 43, Principal Secretary in I still consider it my second home. tant”, points out head teacher Aloyce J. newly launched Education Center Fumba very reasonable school fees will study oversees and co-organises fun events decorated two-bedroom house in Fumba. here I live in one!” The cats seem to the Ministry of Tourism, When I returned back home, I had Shirima while he shows me around the (ECF), a first building block, so to speak, together with children where the parental By Andrea Tapper such as the monthly open-air market and She moved in when she took over the job agree, intensifying their purr while listen- a culture shock. But when I got my By staff writer neat little classrooms where different ac- of an ambitious array of educational facil- income situation is not sufficient.” Lifestyle movie nights. Also, the graduate in hu- less than a year ago, the whole house ra- ing to our conversation. talks about the virtues first job in Zanzibar as the front office tivities take place all morning. ities planned for Fumba Town. Eventual- For the first time the unique man development and child psychology diating warmth and a woman’s touch. A of living in Fumba with manager at Karafuu Hotel, I slowly Welcome little ones! First The kids are busy recognising first ly it will involve several primary and sec- English from the start position of town manager makes sure child safety is adhered to at all mother of two and career woman at the her five-year-old son. started to re-adjust to ‘pole-pole’, kids have enrolled at the English words such as chicken and hen, ondary schools and a bus transport to the The school teaches in English from the Local design 2.0 in Fumba Town has been times and was the one who installed the same time, Sharmin knows the value of now I can’t picture myself living Silverleaf Academy nursery grasping letters of the alphabet by so- International School of Zanzibar (ISZ). beginning on, using the Tanzanian cur- first traffic signs in the new estate. Anoth- strict organisation. “If it’s tidy, it’s less Eight months ago you became a anywhere else! called “jolly phonics” where an “m” real- The ISZ also plans to offer boarding in ricula. Silverleaf already runs several suc- filled by a woman - adding er of her functions work”, she says. resident of Fumba Town. What do and pre-primary in Fumba ly sounds like an “em” and, after so much Fumba. “Now it is up to all of us to keep cessful schools in the country. “After just that subtle, but all-important is to organise the She lived in Wash- you like most? You are one of the proud female - and you can help them. hard work, happily jump from one pillow the first school running and thriving”, one month children have picked up a few difference of a female touch. rentals of houses and “Before, I had to ington DC, New The sense of community and securi- house owners of Fumba. to the next in another room. “It’s not just says CPS executive Katrin Dietzold, who words of English, after six months they apartments on be- York and Florida ty. For a single working mum like me I have always been a crusader for hen I visit the school, eight playing”, explains deputy head teacher, was instrumental in setting up the edu- are almost fluent”, teacher Sarakikya says he cats Mia and Sheba, both half of their owners. drive to a park, for nine years where the support system around is ideal. If the cause of women. I started my kids between two and six Pascaline Sarakikya, “children’s motor cation center. A scholarship programme fondly. Musicians from the Dhow Coun- foundlings, purr when Sharmin To this end, Esmail here I live in one” she also engaged in I have to stay longer hours at work I first business at 27. We launched the years old are happily munch- skills are enhanced by such exercises”. has been organised (for details, see box tries Music Academy (DCMA) teach Esmail enters her cosy home in has started a small real estate. In Dar es can easily reach out to my neighbours Women Chamber of Commerce with Wing chips and mayai on the front porch below) to offer high quality education singing and instruments: there are sports TFumba Town. And so, figuratively speak- design & décor company named “Iman” Salaam, where she was born and raised, and know my son is in good hands the aim of empowering women. of a white six-room townhouse turned Quality education for all to all children, no matter their financial as well as environmental lessons. ing, do visitors when coming to her of- to personally style and furnish properties. she is best known for her cleaning service until I’m back. learning facility. “Routines are impor- The Silverleaf Academy is part of the situation. “We also very much engage the families fice. The 48-year-old town manager is This has proven an instant success with “Spiknspan”. “When I started it every- With all that in mind, when do you of our children”, explains Emma Cun- one of those rare people in whose pres- homeowners who do not live in Zanzibar body laughed at me”, she recalls; now the How about infrastructure? have time to enjoy your three-bed- ningham-Bradshaw, a school employee, ence you automatically feel calmer, more and need somebody professional to look thriving service employs 800 cleaners. Although the town is still new, the room town house in Fumba? Learning with a little help from my friends… “we support them in their homes and relaxed and, most of all, completely taken after their property. Comparing her once hectic life in infrastructure is already fantastic. It On weekends. I like to watch com- make sure the kids find a nurturing envi- care of. Seems like the right set of qual- “I love green and blue colours, the col- America with the tranquillity of Fumba, Watchful: daily inspections around takes me 10 seconds to walk over to edy and sci-fi movies, my favourite ronment. Parents seem to be very happy Cosy cushions made in Zanzibar ities for her unique position of managing ours of the ocean”, Sharmin says, while Esmail says: “I don’t miss the US at all. Fumba Town the Urban Clinic where we are pa- movie is “Be Cool” by John Travolta. On average the Silverleaf school fees are only about 70 dollars per month to be brought into the picture”. Suddenly, an entire town! tients of Dr. Jenny. I order a pakacha My son and I take what we call bond- per child. Below see the sponsorship options. They can be broken down there is some loud laughing and scream- 36-year-old hails from Arusha but Part administrator, part landlord, part veggie basket from Bi Mwatima’s ing walks on the beach and catch up into monthly payment plans, starting at six dollars monthly. ing coming from the school’s lobby. One Tired of the usual kanga moved to Zanzibar four years ago. concierge, part stylist and – last but not Sharmin’s TOP Msonge Farm and it is delivered to with each other’s weeks. We also en- of the teachers is chasing the kids with a Her modern designs are inspired by least – a clever networker with ample my home. joy cooking together. fake dinosaur: Letting of steam, I realise, dresses and Maasai sandals? ethno patterns and original Tanzanian technical and organisational knowledge: tips to settle in $7,830.00 Full scholarship for 9 years is also part of a cool learning environment. Two Arusha designers craft but with an avant-garde edge. Sharmin’s position encompasses all of Internet? are forging new paths. Thus, a Maasai inspired sandal (by these job descriptions. But when I ask her Join the WhatsApp group “Fumba- Oh yes! I am relying on a good inter- How to sponsor a student artist Leen Sanym) suddenly looks how she personally would describe her hood” and never miss a thing net connection since I am continuing $2,610.00 Full scholarship for 3 years avneesh Hans and Zeeshan more elegant; a contemporary beaded mission in Fumba Town in a few words, Meet my team for your first my studies online. Fumba Town is • To donate go to silverleaf.co.tz/ Viran love fashion and interior lamp or clock more artsy. Her lamps she lets it sound much more simple than electricity and water top-up equipped with high-speed fibre optic $870.00 Full scholarship for 1 years donate and click on either the‚ design. The couple started off with the now fashionable, big visible it certainly is: “I just want everything cable, so the WIFI is very reliable. “One-time donation” or ‚ “Month- Rwith a tiny shop called “Zivansh” at bulbs, in particular, have already Meet your neighbours at to be inviting”, she says and gives me a ly donation” button Kelele square opposite Serena Hotel found many new homes, as have the Kwetu Kwenu kiosk $490.00 Sibling of Silverleaf student to attend at 75% tuition cost heart-warming smile. You study at night besides having and have recently moved to a more cushions. “We’d like to go even more In the unique seaside town of Fumba, Go green! Utilise the front and back a very hectic and demanding job? • You have the option of paying spacious ground floor location next to into interior design and produce it with its growing population and large space of your house to plant your Luckily the classes are twice a week, $330.00 Co-sponsor a 1 year scholarship through paypal or by card Traveller’s Lodge on the same square. locally”, Zeeshan Viran explains, sectors of the exquisite eco development favourite plants, turn to Halima and during late evenings and I try to The first thing we noticed in the nicely “but it’s a question of demand”. still under planning and construction, her Gardens for veggie growing reserve Sundays for revision. • Upon donating, you will become decorated shop is a whole series of Meanwhile, the 34-year-old architect $140.00 Food for 1 year workload is seemingly infinite: With a Check out the seashore and the Khamis: “Great sense of an Angel Donor, will receive regu- rather unusual, shiny sofa cushions started drawing seasons greeting team of ten, the town manager looks after mangrove area. 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Especially what is - especially in times of the hideaway - coastal Bagamoyo slaves helped Bagamoyo to gain papal Day 2: Arts and beach beach near Traveler’s Lodge. Most of from twilight to the late night coronavirus pandemic - a striking and recognition as a place of pilgrimage by It is not without reason that Bagamoyo the hotels are located here. Before I say Fhours, the park between the Old Fort welcome feature of CTFM: a fresh is well worth a visit. building a holy grotto on the mission site. is called the “home of arts & history”. goodbye to Nkwabi, his musical daugh- and the ocean with its daily local food breeze blowing continuously through here is love at first sight and The College of Arts (TaSUBa) located ters and Abdullah, I take the time and court is well frequented by locals and the restaurant situated right on water. love at second sight. When you Day 1: A stroll through the past on the southern edge of the city center, let myself drift through the town again tourists. I am here to check out Zan- The restaurant caters to everyone, as fall in love with Bagamoyo, Strolling down narrow India Street is where my friend Nkwabi worked as a without a guide. And it’s worth it: Bag- zibar’s latest gastronomic addition, well suited for a romantic dinner as Tit’s mostly the latter. For first-time like walking back in time. But without a theatre lecturer, has the largest covered amoyo has not lost its charm to this day. the new Cape Town Fish Market for a seafood lunch with your family. visitors, it is not uncommon to walk guide, visitors will hardly understand the theatre in East Africa with 2,000 seats. (CTFM) on the pier. across the dusty roads of the coast- cultural value of the coastal town 60 kilo- Their ensemble, the Bagamoyo Players, Rudolf Blauth, 67, has visited Baga- al town and mumble disappointedly metres north of Dar es Salaam. Accord- have performed worldwide over the moyo more than 30 times. He is chair- The history: It’s historical ground I about “crumbling old houses from a ing to international experts, Bagamoyo past few decades. The college is avail- man of the Bagamoyo Friendship Soci- am walking on. First laid out in 1936 bygone area…” But in 48 hours, and is on a par with Lamu, Mombasa, Kilwa able for a tour or for music and dance ety/Germany, founded in 1992. to commemorate the 25th anniversa- with a knowledgeable guide, you will and Zanzibar in terms of historical im- ry of Sultan Kahlifa (other sources easily conquer the heart and spirit of portance. The town with around 50,000 say in honour of King George V), Bagamoyo. inhabitants is still a sleepy place, a long- the park was completely renovated in My friend Nkwabi, 66, has lived here planned construction of a mega container 2009 by the Aga Khan Trust. At the for 40 years. Originally from Mwan- port currently on hold. But a new over- centre is a podium, almost a pavilion, za, Nkwabi is the leading actor in a land road to Pangani, Tanga and Mom- where the band of the sultan’s army popular TV series; almost everyone in basa in Kenya will almost certainly pull used to play for the public; today, as Bagamoyo knows him. He completed Bagamoyo out of its isolation; construc- I stroll by, I see lots of young people a degree in panto- tion is to start this year. here and some art students making mime in Sweden, and Three hours In no other city in East sketches. The wooden pier that reach- his three daughters Africa do the testimo- es out to the open sea and the arch in The Forodhani entrance to the Misoji, Nshoma and just for nies of Islam as well as front were originally erected in 1956 restaurant on the pier Sami took 1st, 2nd of Christian mission- to receive Britain’s Princess Marga- and 3rd places in a the main street aries, the influence of ret – as she went ashore elsewhere it Food and style: While waiting for national talent show Persians and Arabs, never fulfilled its original purpose. A my food, I watch the ships and dhows called “Bongo Star Search Competi- the reminders of slavery, of European couple of restaurants have come and passing by - the ferry from Dar just tion”. Nkwabi, laughingly, confirms explorers such as Livingstone, Speke or gone since, the prime location appar- coming in. It’s very relaxing. The my impression that you have to spend Burton and the traces of German as well ently no guarantee for success. food arrives surprisingly fast. Price at least two days in Bagamoyo to “lay as British colonialism accumulate as vis- That might change with CTFM, range is rather upper average or your heart down” in the historic city. ibly as in Bagamoyo. The Bagamoyo Livingstone Tower named after the famous explorer a well established, originally South slightly above. For my seafood pas- He tells me the name of the city Abdallah Ulimwengu is one of the few African seafood chain with a tested ta I pay TZS 24,000. But the quality dates back to the time when cara- qualified city guides in Bagamoyo. He formula of “fresh ingredients, a relax- is really good, and the portion large. vans of explorers and traders moved needs at least three hours alone for the al- Exploring Bagamoyo ing, yet lively ambiance, spectacular The sushi is excellent, as are the sea- from here towards Lake Tanganyika most one-kilometre-long section of India sunset and great-tasting seafood and food platters. Wine at TZS 20,000 per and the porters, with heavy Street from the Old German Fort to the sushi“, as its website says. Entrepre- glass strikes me as outrageously ex- hearts, had to leave their Old German School. The Old German How to get there: neur Douw Krugmann and his family pensive though - at least for Zanzibar. families behind on the coast for Boma and the first German Post Office From Dar es Salaam, 1-3 hour car started the business in 1997 at Cape many months. Slaves brought in East Africa are right here. Abdallah transfer ([email protected]). Town’s famous V&A Waterfront after Angelika Dubiel from all over also left “their hearts makes short, worthwhile detours such Charter flight with Coastal or charter operating a steak ranch for 13 years. behind” in Bagamoyo: They as to the German Colonial Cemetery, the ferry from Zanzibar to Bagamoyo Today CTFM has 11 locations across Cape Town Fish Market were irrevocably deported to the national monument “Hanging Tree”, a (especially interesting for groups: ZANZIBAR South Africa as well as in Tanzania. https://ctfmzanzibar.co.tz/ [email protected]).

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