Living in Pemba | Why People Refuse to Leave This Giant Tree in the Indian Ocean |

On a remote island in the Indian Ocean, women who never learned to swim must now venture into deeper waters to survive.

Pemba Island, Zanzibar, is a mysterious world of ancient forests, giant trees, rare wildlife, and traditional Swahili villages. Yet its most remarkable story belongs to the women who depend on the ocean to feed their families.

For generations, women have earned a living by farming seaweed in shallow waters. But rising ocean temperatures are destroying their crops, forcing them farther offshore, where they must confront dangerous waters and challenge long-standing traditions within their Muslim communities.