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Ghana's traditional craft and smock-weaving markets are concentrated in the north and the Volta belt β€” with **Bolgatanga** as the beating heart of smock (fugu) weaving, and **Kumasi's Kejetia/Adum** and **Accra's Arts Centre** as the main southern hubs for crafts. **Bolgatanga (Upper East Region)** is the capital of fugu. The town's craft market and the surrounding weaving villages β€” particularly around **Tongo, Zuarungu and the Sirigu area** β€” produce the hand-spun, hand-woven cotton strips that are sewn into smocks, trousers and the famous *batakari*. Sirigu is also celebrated for its striking mural art and basketry. The best time to see the full process is any weekday morning, when weavers work the narrow-strip looms in the open. **Tamale (Northern Region)** has the **Tamale Central Market** and the craft stalls around the Cultural Centre, where you'll find fugu, leather goods, and Northern beadwork. **Wa (Upper West)** and **Navrongo** are smaller but authentic weaving centres worth the detour. In the south, **Kumasi** is the craft powerhouse: **Kejetia Market** (one of West Africa's largest), the **Adum** craft shops, and the **National Cultural Centre** for kente, Adinkra cloth, brass casting and wood carving. Nearby **Bonwire** and **Adanwomase** are the historic kente-weaving villages β€” you can watch weavers at the loom and buy directly. **Accra** offers the **Arts Centre** (Kantamanto area) for beads, drums, carvings and smocks, plus the **Krobo bead market** at **Koforidua** (Eastern Region) on Thursdays and Saturdays β€” a must for recycled-glass beads. **Keta and the Volta Region** are known for **Agotime** and **Kpetoe** kente, and the **Ho** craft scene for pottery and baskets. A word of advice: prices at these markets are negotiable, and buying directly from the weaver or a cooperative usually means better quality and a fairer price. If you tell me which region you're in, I can point you to the closest market and the best day to go.

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