The BIGGEST MARKET in ACCRA!! Ghana Street Food + Makola Market Tour | Accra, Ghana

With another day in Accra, Ghana ahead of me, I set out bright and early to check out an amazing West African market! Join me as I explore the biggest market in Accra and enjoy some delicious Ghana street food in Accra, Ghana!

To get some breakfast, I stopped at a street food vendor along Oxford Street selling millet porridge. The woman puts it in a bowl and adds sugar and peanuts. She also sells Ghanaian doughnuts!

My guide Isaac from Jolinaiko Eco Tours and my other guide Nii Laaye and I posted up on the side of the road to eat. The porridge was really smooth and tasty. It had a sweetness from the sugar and was nice and crunchy because of the peanuts.

Dipping the doughnuts into the porridge and sipping the porridge from the bowl was the best. The millet had an almost slimy consistency and was so different from the corn porridge I’d had the day before.

At only 2.5 cedi ($0.43 USD), it’s an inexpensive and delicious way to fill up in the morning!

After driving through Osu and past Independence Square, we arrived at Makola Market, and immediately I saw tons of activity. From clothing vendors to vegetable vendors to vendors selling exotic food, it was sensory overload!

I met a woman selling cow legs and wild giant African snails! I’d never seen snails that big!

I met other vendors selling materials to make leather, dried fish, sour fruits, and more. There was also a man singing and dancing in the lane! There were also bottles of a red oil that come from the palm nut, which is used in red-red.

Further on were bags of local sea salt, which was one of the main forms of currency when colonization occurred. The vendors there were too funny! They kept referring to me as “the white guy” or “the blonde guy.”

I also saw some dried grass that’s used as an exfoliant. There were never-ending stalls, and the market was like a maze. It reminded me of Iewduh Market in Shillong. From there, I came across the fish section, where I saw shrimp, sardines, and other foods. There were also vendors selling pestles, dried tilapia, and chilies.

The green chili was so hot, and the female vendor who gave it to me laughed at me! Then, I saw some smoked river fish, cassava, live crabs, and okra. I’d never been to a market this big! Just remember to come with a guide and ask all vendors if it’s okay to film or take pictures.

I arrived at the fabric section. You can bring fabric to them and they’ll add designs to it. Many of the fabrics are unisex. When a new baby is born, Ghanaian men renew the kitchen buying new pots.

In the center of the market are buildings with vantage points where you can get a bird’s-eye view of the market! Easily 100,000 people were there. I couldn’t believe how big it was!

The craft center is an extension of the market about a 15-minute’s walk from the center of the market. At the first shop, they had some incredible masks of different sizes, folding tables, carved animals made of ebony, drums, and more.

The wood carvers were all using ebony. I watched a man carve a mask right in front of me. The masks are then painted and beads and metal are added to some. Then they sand and polish the inside!

Across from the carvers is a shop full of antique masks that are over 70 years old. They were of people, elephants, birds, and more. Some of them costed at least $500 USD! Then, I went into a shop to buy an official Ghana soccer jersey!

Outside, there were lots of people drumming!

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[douglasreeves]

I worked with a gentleman from Ghana in the South Bronx about 27 years ago. He had the best reply when I asked him how it was going. He said, "Chief, we are just ordinary people doing extraordinary things." Always had a smile.

[westlondon]

Ghanaians are the most lovely and lively people on this planet and Ghana itself is a Peace country. ❤🙏❤

[archimilo]

This is the kind of place one supposed to be going for holidays, the people are smiling and welcoming.

[JC-tyzq]

Your GHANA series were the BEST on this CHANNEL.

[donslim]

Welcome to the motherland Ghana the gate way to African 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭✊

[judgeright]

The palm tree s one unique tree. the whole tree gives soo much
1) soup, oil, palm oil
2) the shell from the fruit can be put on the floor as coal tail,
3) the chaff from the fruit is very flammable and can be use to lit fire
4) The tree branches produce broom people use to sweep
5) The actual tree when it is cut down, it produce palm wine 2 types of wine actually, the sweet one and the fermented one
6) The tree also produce mushrooms when it is dying and it also produce some types of animals people eat.
7) the whole branches is also used on palm Sundays to worship God.

The palm tree is pure gold

[carlos.]

The people there are so happy, love it.

[freemind]

I had friends from Ghana during my university days, very friendly and humble.

[audreyquaye]

"Hausa koko" is a spicy millet porridge which originates from Northern Ghana. Millet is a very nutritious grain. The GaDangme people of the Greater Accra Region also grow millet. The Akara or Kose donut (doughnut) made from black eyed beans flour (skin is removed before the flour is milled) is also very nutritious. The beans flour is mixed with spices and then fried. The peanuts add protein, and the Akara (Kose) beans donut also has protein! This is a nutrition packed vegan breakfast and it's mildly spicy and delicious! 🙏🏽😊🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭

[Noooomihj]

That is half part of the market, thanks n welcome to Ghana 🇬🇭 our mother land. A land of peace ✌🏽 and enjoyments. 💃🏽💃🏽🌹

[stevenkobea]

U need to go to kejetia market in kumasi, is one of the biggest indoor market in west Africa, u will love it

[maviskane]

One of the most peaceful countries in the world! 🇬🇭. God bless our homeland Ghana and make our nation great and strong🔥❤️🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭

[boundlessintrepiddiscovery]

I've been here! My friend's family owns a stall in the market. We'd spend days sitting at her stall. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[audreyquaye]

This is a really good documentary. Thanks for being so respectful. I will share your videos. 🙏🏽

[luciusc.k]

great video man! I miss Ghana after watching this, happy and friendly people.

[jacquelineburton]

Your Channel was recommended to me by a friend and I was not disappointed I enjoyed watching you in Ghana the way you immersed yourself in the food and the culture was just wonderful. Have you traveled to the West Indies my family are from Barbados and Antigua you would love it and the food . Keep doing what you’re doing and stay blessed

[africanwalkvideos]

You went around the country. Thanks for sharing

[mickeyf]

Smoked and dry fish out there because refrigeration came late so that's the way to preserve stuff. Not all of Africa is hungry, in West Africa there's food everywhere

[z.t.]

The koko and kose breakfast, by the way, costs about 25 US cents. Nutritious.

[hestherdall]

David thank you very much for connecting us with Ghana. You are amazing. God bless you.