Accra - Post Report Question and Answers
Is this a "shopping post"? Are there interesting handicrafts, artwork, antiques, or other items that people typically buy there?
If you can bargain and brave the local art market, or you're willing to pay an expat price then you can get some interesting wood carvings, masks, etc. - Aug 2024
Fabrics, paintings, masks, wooden antiques. - Sep 2023
Tons! Baskets, ceramics, woodcarvings, furniture, textiles, brass castings, beads, clothing, the list goes on. There is a monthly market at the WEB Dubois center, lots to buy at Makola Market if you know where to look, and the Artist Alliance Gallery is fun to explore. - Nov 2022
Lots of handicrafts; I love going to the handicraft markets. - Sep 2022
No. - Mar 2022
Yes, kente cloth, batik and local style outfits. Monthly handicraft fair at the WEB DuBois Center near US Embassy. - Nov 2019
Beads and jewelry made from beads, wax print fabric and dresses/clothing made from it, kente cloth, batiks, baskets, shea butter and related products, masks and carved wood furniture/sculptures . . . - May 2019
Ghana is a great post for colorful and plentiful Ankara/wax fabric. You can have clothes made easily and inexpensively. Baskets are also beautiful here and affordable. - Apr 2018
You can buy beautiful wood carvings and fabrics that can be woven into clothing. - Aug 2017
Not really a great shopping post, but there is fabulous African wax print fabric for cheap, fake and genuine antiques, local arts and crafts, beads. - Apr 2017
Beads, masks, printed cloth. - Aug 2016
Hand carved items, beads, kente cloth. - May 2014
Lots of hand-made crafts like masks, kente, carvings, batik, etc. - Apr 2012
Stools, glass beads, mud cloth, kente - Aug 2011
Glass beads and baskets - Jun 2011
Beads! Carved items, batik, and some artists do very good work in oils. - Feb 2010
wooden and ironwork crafts, there are some very nice craft stores, kente, gold jewelry - Feb 2010
Handicrafts, jewelry, cloth, etc. - May 2009
