African Heritage Design Company
Nairobi
With various outlets around town, including this one out in Karen, the African Heritage Design Company has a classy range of statues, ceramics and…
Must-see shopping in Africa
Cape Town
This flower market, where sellers have gathered since 1860, is an explosion of colour along Adderley St. The stalls are open long hours and the sellers…
Mauritius
Floréal, a posh suburb northwest of Curepipe, has become synomymous with high-quality knitwear produced by the Floreal Knitwear company. Fill your…
Cairo
This street market specialises in secondhand clothing, mostly well organised, clean and with marked prices (especially on Sharia Al Wabur Al Fransawi). It…
Kampala
The largest of the city’s craft ‘villages’, stocking woodcarvings, drums, sandals, batiks, basketry, beaded jewellery and 'muzungu' T-shirts. Some items…
Cairo
In a rambling apartment, this eclectic store stocks local regional curiosities from small brass candlesticks to antique divans, as well as large painted…
Cape Town
Masks, jewellery, bargain CDs, pottery and the satirical, anticorporate T-shirts of Laugh It Off are just some of the finds at this market, held in…
Kumasi
Kumasi City Mall was under construction at the time of writing and is set to open in mid-2017. The mall – the biggest in the country – contains a…
Victoria
Next to the National Museum of History and a few steps from the clock tower, this artisans' cooperative is worth stopping by for a range of made-in…
Dar es Salaam
An upmarket shopping mall set around a garden courtyard. There are several restaurants, a supermarket, a children’s play area and a selection of shops,…
Cape Town
Celebrating individual style, this groovy boutique in the bowels of Cavendish Square mall stocks creative local fashion and accessories, as well as fun…
Taroudant
This large market, held outside Bab El Khemis north of the kasbah, brings in people from the whole region. It's worth a visit for local flavour, and to…
Malawi
The Craft Coffee Shop sells craftwork, woodcarvings, honey and soap made locally, as well as cups of the potent coffee grown nearby and processed in Mzuzu.
High Atlas Mountains
The weekly Sunday souq, south of the bus station, is an opportunity to taste-test local olives, olive oils and almonds and browse Demnate’s local woodwork…
Johannesburg
Held on Saturday mornings around the Market Theatre, there’s a lively, cheerful atmosphere here. Although many stalls sell flea-market rubbish, there are…
Luxor
This is the best place for fruit and veg, although the good stuff sells out early in the morning. On either side of the main street are little shops…
Cape Town
A handy, well-stocked mall covering all the bases, with good cafes, bookshops, Pick n Pay and Woolworths supermarkets, a travel agency and a Cape Union…
Marrakesh
This tiny jewellers' souq is a legacy of the Jewish artisans. Gold is still sold by weight, and some shops specialise in locally made fine filigree work,…
Cape Town
Worth a browse is this bookshop specialising in art, design and pop culture titles. You can also find many locally published magazines and books, as well…
Cairo
In the passage cutting through to Sharia Qasr El Nil, this enamel sign maker sells snazzy ‘Midan Tahrir’ street plaques for LE200. You can also order…
Swakopmund
Swakopmund's artisans and souvenir sellers have gathered together here all in the one place. It's worth a wander, although the quality varies, and there…
Cape Town
Bargain hunters converge on the scores of outlet and factory shops here, which sell everything from trainers and T-shirts to watches and luggage, with…
Sidi Ifni
The shop of Miel Afoulki, a honey cooperative, sells some extraordinary local flavours, including orange and euphorbia. Hours are flexible, but someone…
Durban
Large shopping centre with an attractive glass-and-steel dome design. Located on the city’s outskirts in Westville, just a 10km drive from the centre on…
Kampala
Good all-round shopping centre, here you'll find anything from food supplies to camping equipment including tents. There's another at Oasis Mall.
Western Cape
Drop by this women's empowerment project to watch the ladies in action creating adorable knitted bunnies and elephants, crocheted blankets and colourful…
Lesotho
A modern mall with a Pick n Pay supermarket, chain restaurants, numerous services and retailers. Pick n Pay and some of the restaurants have longer hours…
São Tomé
Small but varied clearinghouse for local agricultural souvenirs (chocolate, coffee, spices, jams etc) and a few crafts. Located opposite the light blue…
Arusha
Your best bet for national-park books and maps. If the Boma Rd shop doesn't have what you want, try the other branch around the corner.
Meknes
In front of the covered market, pottery dealers present literal piles of wares. It's a no-pressure place to browse for functional pottery such as simple…
Tafraoute
Stocks Berber and Tuareg carpets, jewellery and souvenirs from the Atlas, Rif and Sahara. Shopkeep Saïd is a shrewd salesman: we dare you to leave his…
Harare
A popular shopping complex frequented by well-to-do locals. It has decent restaurants, cafes, a cinema and pubs. A flea market is held here on Sundays…
Erfoud
Watch fossilised marble being cut into prehistoric-looking tables and sinks at this showroom; they also sell some portable items such as bookends and…
São Tomé
Charity souvenir shop offering the full range of agricultural products (banana products, vanilla, coconut sugar...), a few simple crafts and some colorful…
Sidi Ifni
This women’s cooperative produces oil and cosmetic products from the versatile argan tree. Opening hours are flexible, but visitors are made to feel…
Kampala
Making up one half of Kampala's main craft complex (along with Exposure Africa), this place has an excellent choice of Ugandan and Kenyan crafts and…
Cairo
Very popular with Cairenes for scent copies as well as its own blends and basic essences; look for the open-sided corner shop at the corner of Sharia Al…
Dar es Salaam
For kangas (printed cotton wraparounds worn by many Tanzanian women) and other colourful textiles, try the vendors and wholesale shops in the Mnazi Moja…
Mahé
The Seychelles has very few bookshops, which is why this place is a real find. It may be small, but there's a good mix of fiction, nonfiction and kids'…
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