七个世纪以来，位于肯尼亚海岸碧绿海水中的拉穆老城低矮的海岸线吸引了众多商人和投机者。
For seven centuries, the low-slung shoreline of Lamu Old Town, set against the turquoise waters of Kenya’s coast, has attracted traders and speculators alike.
然而，几乎没有其他人像非洲首富、尼日利亚石油大亨阿利科·丹戈特那样，决心在这片红树林环绕的海岸上留下自己的印记。
But few have wanted to stamp their imprint on its mangrove-lined seaboard as definitively as Africa’s richest man, Nigerian oil magnate Aliko Dangote.
这位亿万富翁正在距离这座拥有700年历史的斯瓦希里贸易港口不远处建设一座大型炼油厂。联合国已将这片印度洋沿岸的原始海域列为全球遗产。
The billionaire is laying the groundwork for a giant refinery across the bay from the 700-year-old Swahili trading port, which the United Nations has designated a global treasure on this pristine portion of Indian Ocean coast.
这一计划引发了丹戈特与支持该项目、看好其就业前景的肯尼亚官员之间的矛盾，同时也引起了旅游业从业者和环保人士的担忧——他们担心该项目可能对拉穆及其周边岛屿造成影响，破坏这个长期以来几乎未受改变的偏远地区的独特风貌。
The plans set up a clash between Dangote and economically minded Kenyan officials who support the project and the jobs it promises, and tourism operators and environmentalists worried about the potential impact on Lamu and neighboring islands, as well as the character of a remote site that has proven remarkably resistant to change.