Conakry - Post Report Question and Answers
Is this a "shopping post"? Are there interesting handicrafts, artwork, antiques, or other items that people typically buy there?
Local art is okay (wood carving, pictures, jewelry), but not particularly good quality or craftsmanship. You can find amazing tailors, though. Great fabric. - Sep 2022
Not a mall-type shopping post. But yes, Guinean musical instruments are coveted throughout the region: drums, koras, balafons. You can also get quirky wood carvings, furniture, statuettes. It is also great if you like African fabric (both the made-in-Holland type and handmade Guinean tie-dye), and you can have local tailors make anything you conceive of. - Jun 2021
No. - Nov 2019
A relatively limited selection of "artifacts" and souvenirs, many from outside of Guinea. Better souvenir options in some of the interior cities. - May 2016
Drums, masks, cloth (batik, indigo, printed wax). - Dec 2014
Wood carvings, locally-made shirts, suits. - Sep 2009
Drums, batiks, paintings, fabrics, carvings. - May 2009
Guinea is known for its indigo fabrics. Artwork of the Kissi peoples from the forest region (Kissidougou and Foreariah) is particularly lovely, and Mandingo masks and drums are always interesting. - Mar 2008
