Fumba

6°18′59.0394″S 39°17′5.64″E

Fumba is a village on the Tanzanian island of Unguja, part of Zanzibar. It is located in the southwest of the island, at the end of the Fumba Peninsula, and overlooks Menai Bay in Mjini Mgaharibi Region.^[1]

Economy and environment

The village's economy is largely based around subsistence agriculture. Staple crops include cassava, bananas, and cabbage, though other produce is grown.^[2]

Tourism plays an outsize role in the economy of Zanzibar, though impacts on poverty reduction in the region have been mixed.^[3] 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.^[3]

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.^[2] Since 2021, it has supplied a factory in Kerege, Dar es Salaam, known as SeaWeed Café.^[2]