Grande Marche in Niamey
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Market prices
- Shirt material comes pre-cut and wrapped in a plastic bag, 1500-2000F for short sleeve (manches courtes, 1.25 meters) or 2000-2500F for long sleeve (manches longes, 1.5 meters). You can get it non-pre-wrapped too.
- Linen is 1000F/meter.
- Satin ribbon that is about 1.5cm wide is 25F/yard.
- Used socks are around 3 pairs for 1000F. New socks are around 400-450F each.
- Men’s thrift-shop pants: 1,500F
- Men’s pre-made shirts: 1,500F-2000F
- Sunglasses are 500F for the all plastic models and 600F for the kind with a little metal accenting the plastic.
- Cheap earrings from China: 100F or 150F.
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One of West Africa's best, most diverse, and calmest big markets. The market spans a wide spectrum of objects for sale, from retail goods and packaged foods to wholesale boxes of imported goods to hot, fresh meals. Narrow, shaded, aisles in a grid pattern contain a mix of fabric, tailors, household goods, sports apparel, automotive parts, flip-flops, headscarves, baby clothes, and any manner of other goods. Goods and foods from around the country are offered for sale, and stalls offering imported items from West Africa and abroad are interspersed throughout.There's also a section devoted to handicrafts and traditional clothes, although other markets are as equally good or better to pick these. First constructed in 1950 and rebuilt in 1987 after a fire (costing over 5 billion francs!), the Grand Market attracts an estimated 20,000 tourists a year. Unfortunately, an electrical fire burnt over 1500 of the stalls in May 2009.
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