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 by Wafro
You can find it all in Ghana.
In the big cities, at the coastline, in the national parks and near the tourist attractions you can always find art shops or local artists selling their items. Leave a Comment Theme: Local Craft
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 Powerful Drums by sachara
You can find wooden carvings, masks, beads, brass work, leather work, cloth, drums, but also African music and paintings, made by local artists.
Louis a rasta-boy I met at Akuma Village invited me in his Powerful Drums (work)shop. He and his friends showed me all kind of drums and other music instruments, especially by playing them. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftAddress: 28th February Road, tel 664099, 662581Phone: 0233-24-970772Directions: The Arts Centre is in the citycentre on the 28th February Road, west of the Independence Square. One of the shops I visited was the ''Powerful Drums'' of Louis Zeboah Kofi.Website: raswonder2003@yahoo.com
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Did you know that Ghana was an exporter of Shea Nut? (Beurre de karite)
This miracle product enters in the composition of lots of European products, main one is Chocolat.
However, Shea nut has also great qualities for skin maintenance:
for pregnant women: prevent from skin scratches and skin distorsions of the belly and breast.
For the face: prevents and cures age signs: all big companies mix shea butter with perfumes, making 1000% of profit and sell that in small boxes. In fact, the main component is often shea butter.
5000 cedis for a bowl in the market Leave a Comment Theme: Bath and Beauty
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 African shirts ready for
ironing by atufft
The batik and cotton print fabrics I bought were of a heavy thread count. I also had to examine carefully the issues of collar and button. as collarless shirts are typical in Africa.
From seven to fifteen dollars depending upon your bargaining, their quality, your need for speed, and the difficulty of the job. Leave a Comment Theme: Men's ClothesAddress: Central Market in an major Ghana city.Directions: In Kumasi, go up the hill to the hospital and find Collins Appiah. He works as an accountant in the records department. He will be glad to show you around the market. But, in Ghana, you can also do these things yourself.Website: Collins Appiah Other Contact: collins_appiah@yahoo.com
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 a market scene at makola by abdulwa
in ghana the special items to shop for are the paintings, crafts and clothings.
you can spen as much as you want to depending on what you want to buy. Leave a Comment Theme: AntiquesAddress: 0023321678812Phone: 00233244483124Directions: accra central.
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Ghana, like all African countries, is a great country to buy souvenirs. The local craft is beautiful and the prices are much cheaper than the normal level in the Western world. But it is wise to think first before you buy something.
The easiest place to buy souvenirs in Ghana is the capital Accra. Here, you will find lots of stalls all around the city and the biggest souvenir-market of the country: the National Cultural Centre. But the best tip I can give you: don't buy your things in Accra! The products they sell here always are bought somewhere else in the country and therefore they are much more expensive than when you would buy it from the source itself.
Of course it takes a lot of bargaining to get to the right price: not only in Accra, but everywhere else in the country too. The main principle is that you should never pay more than 50% of the price that was asked originally. It take a lot of discussing but that 50% always works.
What to buy depends strongly on the region you visit. Here is a short list of products that are typically Ghanaian, and the region where you can find the best quality and prices:
- The north of Ghana, around Bolgatanga: straw-products like hats, baskets, fans and other things like key-hangers and bracelets.
- Directly north from Accra in Aburi: wood-carvings. Here you find beautiful statues, masks, wall-decorations and wooden pots for good prices.
- The Ashanti-region around Kumasi: the traditional Kente-cloth. Colourful cloth with traditional patterns are originally from this area.
- The Ashanti-region around Kumasi: beads and everything that is made with it: necklaces, bracelets and the beads itself.
Just a few examples:
- A djembe (traditional drum) of 60 cm high: € 22,-.
- A wooden statue of 15 cm high: € 3,-.
- A painting of 40x60 cm: € 8,-.
- One yard of kente-cloth: € 1,-.
- A group of 3 wooden statues of 25 cm high: € 5,-. Leave a Comment Theme: Local Craft
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 Areeba by Pieter11
When you arrive in Accra, you'd better buy a SIM-card immediately at one of the official Areeba-stores in the city or one of the many stalls you'll find at the sides of the streets. For a new SIM you only pay 60.000 cedis ($ 6,-) and that already includes 100 calling-units. Of course you have to make sure weither your phone is SIM-lockfree or not, otherwise it will cost you extra to make it work.
Once you have your Areeba-card, you can recharge it whenever and wherever you want. There are two types of cards sold at the Areeba-stalls at the roadsides: "scratch-cards" and "instant credit".
A scratch-card is a card with a number you have to enter on your phone. It costs 120.000 cedis ($ 12,-) and that gives you 800 units. With the instant credit, the salesman at the Areeba-stall dials a number and charges your phone like that. These instant credits are about very low amounts of money: 5.000, 10.000, 20.000 cedis (as low as $ 0,50). The disadvantage is that they have limited validity, sometimes the credits are only valid for one day.
Areeba charges one units per SMS inside Ghana, and 1 units per minute. Inside the country it is very cheap, but also when you use it for calling abroad, the rates are very good. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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 by Wafro
This is shopper’s paradise, believe me.
Shopping over here is a sport at its own, don’t pay the prize they’ll ask.
And let the game begin,…… Leave a Comment Theme: Local Craft
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Sewing is a very popular past-time, and you often see people sitting alongside the road, outside their homes or in the market, with an old-fashioned foot-operated Singer machine. Materials can be bought quite cheaply in the markets and transformed into colourful garments for men and women. Leave a Comment Theme: Women's Clothes
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Trade Fairground is a huge complex with stores, shopping hangars, curiosa stalls, chop bars, restaurants and so on.
You can find here almost everything.
You’ll have to pay a small entrance fee and once you’re inside, everything is a little more expensive than on the streets. Leave a Comment Theme: GiftsAddress: LABADI AREA AccraDirections: NEAR THE BEACH
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