the Clothes Peg design - one of the more unusual ones!
so much colour - wash cloths and rope stall
a typical market alleyway
cloth piled high to the ceiling!
close up of the fabrics we bought
this afternoon we went to the biggest market in accra, where the thing to buy is wax-printed cottons in countless colours and designs. it took a few hours to get round only a tiny part of it as makola is a whole neighbourhood packed full of stalls and shops and winding streets with women selling wares they carry balanced on their heads - so its easy to get lost. trish came with us - it was great to have her expert eye and no-nonsense approach to buying fabric! just in terms of quality the different companies are classed according to value - GTP (Ghana Textile Printing), ATL (Akosombo Textiles Ltd) and then the Dutch wax prints which are super expensive and the cheap Chinese versions too. i had so much fun admiring all the different kinds - but it was hard to choose what to buy!! for the rest, i think the photos speak for themselves...
roadside kiosks
A good old Jessica smile, I love it. :)
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