Craft Market

This past weekend I went to the craft market in Accra. People on the ship had warned me that the sales people were pushy. When I arrived, there were dozens of stalls selling artwork, printed fabrics, beadwork and wood carvings. I saw people in the stalls applying shoe polish to unfinished wood carvings. The black shoe polish gives the wood its rich deep color. One sales person was trying to sell me a wood carving stating that the wood was ebony. I replied that it was shoe polish and not ebony. He quickly said that it was indeed shoe polish but still wanted me to buy from him. I took my business elsewhere.