Lagos Shopping

  1. Balogun Market

    The rambling maze of Balogun Market is excellent for clothes and fabric from across West Africa.

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  2. Bar Beach Market

    On VI, Bar Beach Market has fresh fish and a few handicrafts to attract the expats.

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  4. Eko Hotel Gatehouse

    There are some good crafts on offer at the Eko Hotel Gatehouse, including carvings, calabashes and some unfortunate animals' skins. For batiks, Njoku St on the western side of Falomo Shopping Centre in Ikoyi is good. They're sold on the street and the selection is extensive.

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  5. Glendora Bookshop

    Bookshop. Also good for international newspapers and magazines.

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  7. Isale Eko Market

    Isale Eko Market has plenty of food and household goods on offer.

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  8. Jankara Market

    Jankara Market is the largest market in Lagos and sells everything from tie-dyed cloth, trade beads and jewellery to pirate cassettes, pottery and clothing. There is also a fetishes market where you can buy herbs, traditional medicines and juju potions and powders.

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  9. Jazz Hole

    Bookshop. Also good for Nigerian music.

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  10. National Museum Shop

    The National Museum operates a nonprofit crafts centre, which stocks a good range of batik cloth, woodcarvings and textiles at fixed prices. There's also a fine range of intricately decorated calabashes from across Nigeria. You'll pay more here than you would at a Lagos market, but it's a less stressful experience.

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  11. Sandgrouse Market

    Sandgrouse Market slightly further east, is the place for interesting food, much of it sold live.

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