Development through seaweed fishing in Zanzibar
Dear readers, Following an exciting seminar where I had the chance to talk one-on-one with Professor Richard Taylor and Professor Julian R. Thompson, and on the advice of the latter, I decided to look at algaculture in Zanzibar. You will see that this fascinating case study intersects with most of the blog thematics. To begin with, you can listen to this podcast on the BBC website from the "Crossing Continents" series ( Chloe Hadjimatheou, 2018) untitled "Seaweed, Sex and Liberation in Zanzibar". On the BBC website as well, please read Lucy Ash's very good paper ("The crop that put women on top in Zanzibar", 2018). BBC, Lucy Ash, 2018 Let's start by going back to the origins of seaweed production. If seaweed farming started at the end of the 19th century ( "Les pêcheuses d'algues de Zanzibar", Arte, 2017 ), it only began in Zanzibar in 1989, which is nowadays the 3rd largest producer in the world behind Indonesia ...