Living on Opportunity Lane. Let’s give our streets names! Fumba Town is growing, looking for a name concept for its streets, alleys and pedestrian lanes fitting a cosmopolitan, nature-loving community. Send us your ideas!Have you experienced this? You order take-away, and the piki driver calls you five times asking for directions before he finally stands […]
The son of Femi Kuti and grandson of Fela Kuti headlined one of the best Busara festivals ever By Andrea Tapper He flew into Zanzibar, capturing the hearts of music fans from all over. Afrobeat musician Mádé Kuti, 28, and his wife Inedoye, 25, made time for an exclusive interview with THE FUMBA TIMES before […]
Manhattan is 14.6 kilometres long and 3.5 km wide. Fumba is 14.3 kilometres long and 3.6 km wide. Otherwise, the two peninsulas couldn’t be more different, of course. Glitzy Manhattan, one of the commercial and cultural centres of the world, full of skyscrapers, banks, offices, residential skyscrapers. Fumba in Zanzibar, still green and rural, showing […]
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Incredible heat, endless rains – has the weather gone crazy? THE FUMBA TIMES editor-in-chief Andrea Tapper asked a man who knows a lot about the climate in Zanzibar: Hassan Khatib Ame, 44, head meteorologist at the international airport. THE FUMBA TIMES: Am I wrong, or has it been even hotter and more humid […]
Ramadan is a deeply festive and contemplative season for Muslims. But don’t be shy: Visitors are welcome in Zanzibar during the holiest month of the Muslim Calendar. When is Ramadan? This year, Ramadan (also written Ramadhan) is likely to begin on Monday, 11 March, with the sighting of the new moon. Every year Ramadan moves […]
A new hospitality school in Zanzibar trains local youth for jobs in the tourist industry. We tested it. Does the glass stand to the right of the plate, or the left? Can VIPs register in their room instead of at the reception? What is cereal? Tumaini Kiwenge is one of five teachers at a new […]
Zanzibar is famous for historic Stone Town. But now the island’s modern architecture starts gaining international recognition, too. The white modern living style of Fumba Town based on green principles has won a prestigious award in Dubai recently. CPS Africa, who started the unique island development in 2015, received the ‘Residential Development 20+’ award by […]
Location Most secluded in Zanzibar, The Bottom Line Feel like a VIP by the ocean The road maybe rocky, but the destination rewards us for travelling it. Like a Fata Morgana, white modern villas suddenly become visible high above the sea, a wooden deck with neatly arranged cabana-like double sun beds leads to an endless […]
By Elias Kamau A tree house in Stone Town? Too good to be true! When we received this photo at THE FUMBA TIMES, we became highly sceptical. Here’s a guide to help you recognise fake shots – especially in your social media. The commonsense warning is clear: don’t believe everything your Facebook and Instagram friends […]
A German couple, one of the first buyers of a beach front house in Fumba Town, wants to start a solar business here. Engineer Ronny Paul, 44, produces custom made solar systems. There seems to be good news on the solar front: a first photovoltaic project is planned for Bambi in the heart of the […]
A new monthly show unites art and music at Stone Town’s historic city beach restaurant Livingstone’s. Wondering where the action is in Stone Town? Head to the Livingstone’s Beach Restaurant every last Friday of the month. Long-time Zanzibar residents Leslie Gueno and Sara Hemed are bringing new spark to the former British consulate with their […]
New generation at the helm of 'Sauti za Busara' Festival New Busara director Lorenz Herrmann, outgoing director Yusuf Mahmoud and new festival chief Journey Ramadhan discuss the beats. What were the best shows, the biggest challenges and where is one of Africa’s best-known music festivals heading? Looking bad at two decades of Sauti za Busara’s […]
