Zanzibar is seeing a seaweed boom. Can the women collecting it cash in?

ZANZIBAR, Tanzania — The women wade with baskets near the beaches, their colorful dresses a magnet for tourist cameras. Sunscreen worn by the holidaymakers may even contain the product the women are collecting: Zanzibar’s seaweed.An eco-friendly local industry that employs thousands of women, the seaweed farming looks like a picture postcard — even if the…

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