Detty December
Your Ghana December, planned.
December 2026 edition
24 days to December

Ghana’s December season runs 1 December to 6 January. The dates below are what you have to decide by.

Makola Market

The commercial heart of Accra. Loud, enormous, and not remotely arranged for tourists.

Makola Market
Photograph BenggriffCC BY-SA 3.0

Makola is where Accra actually shops: fabric, food, electronics, everything, spread across streets rather than a building. It is overwhelming on purpose and it is one of the few places in the city that has not been smoothed out for visitors.

Go in the morning, go with someone who knows it, carry small notes, and keep your phone in your pocket rather than your hand. Buy fabric here if you are buying fabric at all.

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