The historic Darajani school has become a market: historian Parmukh Singh fears forever. Consumerism beats education. “It’s a shame”, says longtime parliamentarian Parmukh Singh Hoogan, 66, who is advocating for the preservation of the historic Darajani Boys School. It was here that Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah learnt his ABC before his departure from Zanzibar […]
The CheiChei revolution: Beautiful living for all By Andrea Tapper Fumba Town is growing. CheiChei apartments and shops are the latest addition to the green seaside city near the capital of Zanzibar. The super-affordable units are on sale now. One young man was lucky enough to even win one! Abdulrahman Mohamed Said’s life changed overnight. […]
New healthy food cafe in prime location in Stone Town. If you like good food and good company, a place where locals and visitors really mingle, the new Archipelago Waterfront could become your favourite.- Same name, different story. Massoudi Salim and his wife Judy Palmer, long time owner of the iconic Stone Town Cafe, on […]
New spark at Zanzibar's northeast coast around Matemwe What is Zanzibar’s best beach? Look northeast! THE FUMBA TIMES explored a coastal stretch of finest sand, quaint hotels and upcoming gourmet cuisine. By Sara Hemed and Andrea Tapper Checking out the North East coast we start with beauty before beach. It wasn’t planned that way, but […]
Christmas around the world is celebrated in one single location in Zanzibar - in Fumba Town. We asked three families how they spend the festive days. „We are Hindus and we love Christmas“ Reynita, Alan and Ayana, 7 “We come from Mauritius, a very multicultural country just like Zanzibar, and we celebrate everything there. Any […]
Fumba’s most exotic home belongs to a Spanish fashion designer from Dubai. Christina Franco opened her doors for THE FUMBA TIMES. It does not take much to know a globetrotter has settled in Fumba. A colourful wooden signpost outside Christina Franco’s house points to Madrid, Dubai and Tipsy Gipsy – the coordinates of her adventurous […]
Nobody has seen Fumba Town evolve better than Omar Makame Simai, the longest-serving employee here. Residents love him, the staff at the Kwetu Kwenu restaurant kiosk couldn’t do without him and the bosses are simply very fond of him. Omar Makame Simai who started out in housekeeping and worked himself up the ranks into the […]
With the help of French beauty specialist Nelly N'Gouah-Beaud, a new handmade cosmetic line has been launched in Zanzibar. “Zuri Rituals” promises to be all natural. Zuri is Swahili for beautiful, and Rituals a hugely successful skincare brand from Holland, so the combination of these two names bears a big promise. “Our products are 100% […]