The Panje Project In Zanzibar Where Girls Learn To Swim With Burkinis.
Though an island on the Indian ocean, Zanzibari girls never learn to swim because of the conservative Islamic culture and the absence of modest swimwear which have discouraged girls from swimming. Until the Panje Project, that is. “Panje” is a Swahili word that translates roughly to “big fish.” For the past few years, the Panje…