Jambiani

Fish For Tea - Jambiani

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September 1st 2007
Jambiani is my favourite place on Zanzibar. It's on the East Coast a couple of miles south from Paje. The tide goes out a long way here so you can't swim all the time. When the tide is out, the local women harvest their sea-weed. They carry it back home and dry it. Then they take it to be weighed and get paid. It's shipped out to Manilla for the chemical industry. It's great that the women can e ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » Zanzibar

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Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and po... ... read more