Nigerian wig vendor, Priceless Hair, gets sacked and stopped by angry Ghanaian hair vendors in Makola, Accra. (Read More Here).
According to sources, the Nigerian woman had set the prices for the wigs very low and the market women who were afraid of the impact it would have on the market decided to disrupt it.
A viral video which surfaced online captures the women holding placards with words telling the Nigerians to go back to their country as they halted the sales.
A renowned market place and shopping district in the centre of the city of Accra, Makola Market proposes a wide array of products, from car parts to land snails. The market, dominated by women traders, sells fresh produce, manufactured and imported foods, clothes, shoes, tools, medicines, and pots and pans. Jewelry made from locally handcrafted beads can also be found for sale in the market.
Makola Market is currently under the observation of Transaid, which is developing a project Transport and Trade for Market Women, designed to improve the livelihoods and security of female market traders through the development of Women’s Transports Co-operatives in Accra. For travelers going to Makola Market, keep in mind that photography of the market it not allowed.
It was gathered from reports online that the market women who are a part of a Wig Sellers Association had disrupted the Priceless Hair sales, a company and promo run by a Nigerian lady.
Makola Market was constructed in Accra in 1924 and stood at the heart of the urban Ghanaian life. The market was the main wholesale and retail marketplace in Accra, the epicenter of trade in the country and one of the nation’s most important social and cultural institutions.
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