When people move to their new plots they chop down coconut trees to make space for their new homes. As a result, prices have gone nuts
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskHis customers are less happy, however. A coconut going for 500 Tanzanian shillings a few years ago today sells for 1,500 shillings. That makes it more expensive to whip up curries or other dishes using coconut milk. “The prices you see,” says Mr Haidar, “they’re not normal. Coconuts have become expensive for local people.”
The felling of coconut trees reflects how Zanzibar and the rest of Africa are urbanising. The defining feature of Africa’s expanding cities is sprawl: cities are oozing outwards rather than growing upwards. As Zanzibar City has spread farther into erstwhile countryside, when people move to their new plots they chop down the coconut trees to make space for their new homes.
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