Dantokpa Market

Dantokpa is one of the largest open-air markets in West Africa, sprawling across a vast area of Cotonou beside the lagoon and the Nokoué channel. Tens of thousands of traders sell everything from fabrics and produce to fetish items and household goods, and the market is a major regional trading hub reaching into Nigeria. Its dense lanes include a celebrated section devoted to Vodun ritual objects. The scale, colour and commercial energy of Dantokpa make it a defining feature of the Beninese economic capital.