CHAMBA MARKET
Read moreBordering Benin, it is a very lively market where cultural mixing is permanent. Veiled Muslim women in brightly colored tunics, Fulani women with eyes highlighted with kohl and wearing their gri-gri around their neck. So many colors, contrasts and richness. The market is frequented by the Kotokoli, the Tchamba, the Kabyé and the Peul, who are numerous in the region. If you look hard enough, you will find some handicrafts, notably pyrographed calabashes. Tchamba is without question one of the most beautiful rural markets in the region.
COLONIAL BUILDINGS
Read moreThere are still some buildings in Sokodé dating from the German colonial period. They are concentrated around the prefecture: residence of the prefect, prefecture, buildings of the technical high school... The German powder magazine is one of the sites not to be missed. It is located on a hill behind the camp of Sokodé. Built after 1887, it is composed of a rampart built of dry stones solidly laid out one on top of the other and surrounding a tin-covered storehouse where weapons and ammunition were kept.