markets

Find an African Market near you.






Online sales

Many local stores are offering online sales direct to customers now, so this is an attempt to put them in one place. It is web sites only with a brief description, no other contact information. You can obviously find phone numbers and addresses by visiting the web site. If I left your company out, just write and let me know so I can correct.

Aboasa International Market
Illinois market sells African and Caribbean groceries, clothing & crafts online.

African Hut
California based market sells South African foods.

African Palms
Texas based market sells Caribbean & African food products.

Afri Mart
African, Caribbean and Ethnic shop based in California.

AsiaMex.com
Asian, Latin America, Middle Eastern, West African and Caribbean groceries, from a Missouri based shop.

Bob's Red Mill
Specialty flours such as millet and teff, from an Oregon based shop.

Buck's Fifth Avenue
This market in Olympia, Washington sells every imaginable spice.

Careco LLC, Red Palm Oil Wholesaler
Golden Coast Foods, based in California, sells 100% natural and unrefined red palm oil, imported directly from Ghana.

Eat-Sum-More, Inc
Canadian market selling South African foods.

Eki African and Caribbean Market
Market based in North Carolina offers online sales with a large selection of African foods.

J and B African Market
This market in Seattle, Washington sells West African foods, music, videos, cosmetics and more.

Kencor Ethnic Foods, Inc.
GreatDryFish.com, your online source for quality dried and smoked fish products, now also carries GreatDryMeats! The fish and meats are dried in state-of-the art ovens to crispy dry and smoked with hickory wood for lasting flavor. This company has offices in Illinois and Cameroon.

La Fruteria, Inc.
This Chicago, Illinois market offers Caribbean, African, and Mexican foods. Hundreds of products ready for your table.

Malik Online in the UK
Buy Afro-Caribbean products on-line for delivery across the British mainland.

Nandos Peri Peri Sauces
Nando's Original Peri-Peri Pepper Sauces, Grinders, Marinades, Cooking and Grilling Sauces.

Sheba Foods
Delivery of prepared African dishes in local area (Georgia). Frozen dishes and other groceries shipped throughout USA and internationally.

The South African Food Shop
North Carolina market sells South African foods and grocery products.

Solarben International Foods
Australian distributor of Afro-Caribbean foods.

Odiega House
Based in the UK, this company sells African and Caribbean cooking sauces and marinades.

Ultimate Seasonings
Ultimate Seasonings are African spice blends which can be used as a sauce, marinade or condiment.

Yem Africa
Polish web site selling African and Caribbean foods.

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Wholesalers and Distributors



Listings within each country group are in alphabetical order.



African Wholesalers

African Pride International
Shop Number 7
47 West Street, Kempton Park
South Africa
Phone number:00 27 83 949 22 88
africanfoodvendor@gmail.com
We specialise in African traditional delicacies such as fresh and dry fishes, potatoes, variety of vegetables, oils (palm), yams, peanuts, white rice, baobab juices, spices, etc. We supply chambo -tilapia fish to the wholesale butcheries and catering industry across South Africa. Contact Siraj.

Apamax Ventures
P.O BOX 350 Kasoa C/R
+233 244 662588
Wholesale and online suppliers of gari.

BALANCED DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
9b Old Refinery Road, Elelenwo
P.O.Box 8568, Port Harcourt
Email: nemetu@yahoo.com
This is a registered Nigerian wholesaler that specializes in packaging and exportation of African food products with singular objective of making sure that African food is hygienically processed and packaged to everybody all over the world.

Always available are fresh and dried Bitter-leaf, Ogbono, Egusi, Achi, Cray-fish, Ukazi dried leaf, Oporo (smoked shrimps), Bitter Kola nuts, Dadawa cubes, etc. They are capable of exporting any quantity of product you may require and at moderate prices. They also offer personal sales.

Cassava marketers Association of Nigeria
2 Export House 213
Kumba Street Wuse Zone 2
Abuja, Nigeria
3234-08036177493
email
This association in Nigeria is capable of supplying all African food items from Africa at competitive prices. They also carry Nigeria Home CDs, and both new and old films. They can supply African cosmetics, cassava leaves, and any other agricultural products.

Chukstracy Import and Export CC
No. 31 Pretoria Street Hillbrow
J.H.B South Africa
Phone: +27,11,4845118 Mobil: +27,731260532, +27,732195263
chuks.tracycc@yahoo.com
We import West African foods into South Africa. Our imports include gari, fresh yams, palm oil, egusi, ogbolo, achi, and more.

Circle Seven Trading
PO Box 1885
Musina
South Africa
0900
Tel / Fax +27 15 530 0219
Cell: +27 82 877 8517 / +27 82 852 5225
This is a South African based company trading in sustainable resources. They are suppliers of Baobab pods, seeds, and pulp and are looking for markets for Southern and East African produce. The collection of the product is done with the local community in an effort to give the rural people some access to income from those things that grow around them.

Fayolam Farms
Shop 06 Ayoola Shopping Plaza
Asero Abeokua
Ogun State
Nigeria
08033502883
iyalodefadillah@yahoo.com
The farm is located at Ijeun Akoni Village, Via Osiele in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Fayolam Farms is a registered farm with the Nigera Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja in 2009. Main activities are cultivation of crops that include cassava, maize, watermelon, and yam. They process cassava into very fine garri known as garri ijebu or garri wenkun or olowonyo. Processing is based on Standard Organisation of Nigeria standard. Farms Mission: To be a foremost exporter of garri product to European and American countries.

Grace Bee Ventures Ltd
26 Alhaji Bashiru Street, Ojodu
P.O. Box 9483, Ikeja. Lagos
NIGERIA
Specializing in production, processing and packaging of hygienically-processed African foods, including gaari, raw plantain, raw yam tubers and many different types of flour.

Grace Foods Packaging and Services Ghana, Ltd.
100 Tettegu McCarthy Hill South West
Accra, Ghana
Phone +233,289544349, Mobil +233,249112184, +233,248947612
usglobal70@yahoo.com
We package and export West African foods. We want importers of African foods in all parts of the world to buy from us. We help our customers source what ever food products they need in West Africa. We offer very chipper prices. We have in stock gari, palm oil, fresh yams, vegetables, brown beans, egusi, ogbolo, achi,and many more.

Importers Co-operative, Ltd
P.O.Box 1862
Surulere 33, Ogunmefun Street, Pedro, Gbagada
Lagos, Nigeria
Tel: 134-1-8139377
Cell: 2348033215157
Email: importers_ng@yahoo.com
Worldwide wholesale suppliers for African foods. Items include soup ingredients such as achi, bitter leaf, crayfish, egusi, ogbono, ukazi, smoked shrimp, palm oil, African spices and seasonings. They also carry stock fish, garri, yams and yam flour, nuts (kola, bitter kola, coco nuts, etc), beverages such as Milo and Bournvita, African video films, African weekly and monthly news magazines, newspapers, and native clothing.

Kenni700 International Fisheries
Benin City, Edo State
Nigeria
+2348027265392
kenni700@yahoo.co.uk
Kenni700 International Fisheries is a major distributor of dried crayfish, catfishes,tilapia and basa fish fillets to other businesses. They also have a local fish market, and distribute their own manuactured products to hotels, food houses and restaurants. They are looking for expansion of their business to more distributors and outlets in other states.

Matlabopi Foods
Electron Road No5
Uraniaville
Klerksdorp
North West Province
South Africa
Phone No:+27184693904/2
Fax No: +27184693903
This manufacturer is a maize milling plant and they produce maize meal, the staple food of Africa.

Mensah Alimentari and Farms
Kofi Dei Mensah (owner)
PO Box MC 2660, M / Circle
Takoradi, Ghana
West Africa
MOB.+ 233 277 480 810
FAX. + 233 31 22385
email
alternate email
Exporters of smoked tuna and swordfish, tilapia, vac pack and dried and frozen snail meat, a variety of tropical fruits and vegetables such as palm products, yam, and more! Based in Takoradi, Ghana.

Pystol (Nig) Limited
11 Olabisi Street
Egbe, Ikotun, Lagos
234-803-308-6151, 234-748-2235, 234-1-890-3364
pystol_ng@yahoo.com
We export well packaged African foods, especially Nigerian food (garri, afang, ugwu, yam flour, snails with permit) to any part of the world (EU countries, USA). Our goods and services are cheap and affordable. Credit facility can be considered.

Quality Ventures Nigeria, Ltd.
25 Aderogba Street, off Grailland Road
Iju Ajuwon
Ogun State
Nigeria
Tel: 234-1-7916213
Mobile Tel:- 234-802-3185748; 234-803-2377240
Fax:- 234-1-2646804
sales@qualityventurescharcoal.com
We export big African Giant Snails to Hotels and Restaurants worldwide. Our major selling points are (1)our timely delivery and (2) our big healthy snails. (Snails are sold from March to July every year during the rainy season)

Queen Lart Company Limited
PO Box AH 177
Achimota, Accra
Ghana, West Africa
223-021-403748
dodzious@yahoo.com
This company manufactures gari on a small scale and is looking for an export partner.

WP Exports & Sales
103 Gie Road
Tableview, Cape Town,South Africa
Tel:+27 215575665 Mobile:+27 786100590
wpexportct@gmail.com
We are an exporting company of well known South-African FMCG products like Mrs.Balls chutney, Niknaks, etc. We mainly export dry groceries, but also products of multi-national companies like Reckitts-Benckiser and Colgate-Palmolive. We are looking for new business and we have contactable references.

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Asian Wholesalers

There are no Asian Wholesalers listed at this time.

Australian Wholesalers

Solarben International Foods
PO Box 1067
Armadale WA 6112
Phone: 61893905240
Mobile: +61438993631
Fax: +61893905240
solarbenfoods@aol.com
solarbenfoods@yahoo.com.au
Solarben International Foods was established in Perth, Western Australia in May, 2005. We are the sole importer and distributor of "Ayoola brand" of West African food products. We specialise in wholesale, manufacture and distribution of afro-caribbean foods, spices and drinks. Our goal is to make ethnic foods and drinks available to all Africans and Carribeans throughout Australia.
Solarben ....... Bringing You Your Home Foods!!!

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Canadian Wholesalers

North Atlantic Stockfish
Nova Scotia
Phone (508) 496-2443
Gudni Bjornsson is the owner of this supplier of stockfish bits. Freshly caught cod fish are dried in the open air, then cut into convenient serving pieces. This highly nutritious concentrated food can be stored for a long period of time. Stockfish is commonly used in West African soups and stews. For more information send an email to the owner at stockfish@stockfish.ws

TwinStar International Foods Ltd.
8367 Copeland Road
Ottawa, Ontario KOA 1BO
Canada
Tel: 1-613-838-5219
Fax: 1-613-831-8850
twinstarint@rogers.com
Twinstar International Foods Ltd. manufactures and distributes fufu products. Potato fufu is the companys main product. However, custom orders for cassava, cocoyam and plantain fufu are also accepted.

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European Wholesalers

Ezeani Import and Export
Reideburger St.51
Halle Saale 06116
Germany
ezeaniimport@yahoo.com
We are importer of nigeria food stuffs and we sell in wholesale to our customer, We also have nigerian drinks such as fanta 35cl, schweppes bitter lemon, star, gulder, malitina, guinness stout, malta guinness, and palmwine, all at a reasonable price.

Fiji Islands

Balthan (Western) Ltd
P.O.Box 1228
SUVA, Fiji
(679) 398 912 913 Fax: (679) 3398 916
gst@connect.com.fj
This company is a long established and leading Fiji Islands grower, processor and exporter to the International market. They carry a range of premium frozen, Afro type products, such as cassava, taro (dasheen), breadfruit, sweet potatoes, and others. They currently export to Australia, New Zealand, West Coast USA, Europe, Japan, and the Sth Pacific Islands. They are looking for a reliable Importer/ Distributor on the US East Coast and Canada.

South American Wholesalers

Surimaribo Products
Isserdeistr. 63
Paramaribo
Suriname, SA
TEL/FAX: 00597 33 82 00
MBL: 00597 86 56 008
surimariboproducts@hotmail.com
A fish company specializing in processing seafood the traditional African and Carribean way. They follow the HACCP processing standards. They can ship fish in reefer containers or twice a week by air through Miami. From there by truck to any destination in US or Canada. Products include smoked fish as catfish chunk, whiskered fish fillet, scale fish fillet, barracuda and tai rings, splitted catfish, akwebi, kutafish, perch, whitefish, akau, pitrie, tiko, carp. Also salted cobi (tilapia). Frozen vegetables include poundu (zaka zaka), matembele leaf, bitter leaf, hot red and yellow pepper and sweet cassava chunks. Email them for a complete product list.

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United Kingdom Wholesalers

Akoma Foods
Unit 16 Brian Clough Business Centre
200-222 Cotton Lane
Derby
DE24 8GJ
United Kingdom
Tel:+44 (0)1332 268 626
Fax:+44 (0)1332 268 627
info@akomafoods.com
Importer, Wholesaler and distributor of African foods based in the East Midlands. We specialise in Ghanaian and Nigerian Foods but also carry foods from other African countries. Akoma foods is a division of Akoma International (UK) Limited.

Divine Tropical Food
184 Marsh Road Leagrave, Luton
Bedfordshire. LU3 2QL
info@divinefoodonline.com
Wholesale /retailer of all African foods and special pre-packed soups such as Stew, Egbono, Okaze, p-soup, Efo etc and more.

MA Quality Foods
23 New Mount Street
Manchester M4 4DE
United Kingdom
Phone: +44[0]1619534015 Mobile: +44[0] 7782260849
enquiry@maqualityfoods.co.uk
We are manufacturers and distributors of African food in United Kingdom. Our brands include Sankofa fufu powder and Lagos agbe pounded yam powder, and more!

Odiega House
Odeiga House Limited
Unit 46 Cariocca Business Park
Helidon Close
Ardwick
Manchester
M12 4AH
+44 (0)161 2736665
Email: odeigahouse@btconnect.com
Odeiga House is a young bustling business with an insatiable appetite for producing full-bodied African and Caribbean cooking sauces and marinades brimming with bold, unflinching flavours.

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United States Wholesalers

AA Biltong
11229 E. Independence Blvd.
Matthews, NC 28105
(704) 849-2660
Wholesalers of South African Beef Biltong and Droewors in the USA

African Tropical Importer
Kansas City, KS, 66101
Phone: (913) 371-0061
email
Wholesalers of all kinds of African, Central American and Carribean foods and merchandise.

African Pacific Imports and Exports
P.O. Box 8104
Mesa, Arizona
(480) 981-0999
This company imports African products to the US, and exports North American products to Africa.

All United Imports, Inc.
9225 S. Blue Island Ave. Unit#107
Chicago, Illinois 60633
(866) 319-4645 Fax: (773) 831-4725
Email:sales@allunitedimports.com
All United Imports, Inc. brings you the very best imported products for delicious tasting Caribbean, Haitian, African, and Mexican foods. Experience real cooking with our imported authentic food ingredients - hundreds of products ready for your table. Our products are supplied by reputable vendors, so you can be assured that you are always getting great quality, price, and service. We carry all of the popular brands such as Ocho Rios, Blue Mountain, Walkerswoods, JCS, Grace. Whether it's from Africa, Jamaica, or from any other country in the Caribbean, you can find it here.

Big River Fish Corp.
14310 State Hwy 100
Pearl, IL 62361
Phone: (217) 829-4004 Fax: (217) 829-4004
fishmart@hughes.net
Products include smoked/dried catfish chunks, catfish rings, Kuta, Azu Asa, Perch, Pike rings, White fish, and Tilipia Wholesale and retail sales. Visa and Mastercard accepted.

Careco LLC, Red Palm Oil Wholesaler
23352 Madero Road #K
Mission Viejo CA 92691
(888) 877-4746 fax: (949) 380-3753
info@goldencoastfoods.com
Golden Coast Foods sells 100% natural and unrefined red palm oil, imported directly from Ghana.

ETS Legrand, LLC
5778 2ND STREET NW
Washington, D.C. 20011
phone: (202) 636-8290 fax: (202) 636-8292
etslegrand@verizon.net
Importers of African foods, including gari, shea butter, palm oil, several types of smoked fish, jute, cassava and sweet potato leaves, and more.

Fountains Food: African/Caribbean Foods
Retail, Wholesale and Distribution Center

19 King Court
New Castle, DE 19720
(302) 221-0418, (302) 392-0457; Fax: (302) 328-2949
Provides warehousing and distribution of products for and on behalf of importers and food processing factories. A modern Smoke House is in the process of commencing processing of smoked fish, chicken, etc. Contact us to fill your company's needs for smoked products.
fountainsfood@yahoo.com

Global Marketing Ent. Inc.
1801 S. Canal St.
Chicago, IL 60616
This company is a direct importer and distributor.

Golden Country Oriental Food
2355 S. Blue Island Avenue
Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: (773) 847-2442, (773) 847-1700 ext. 139
Fax: (773) 847-1717
Importer, Wholesaler and Distributor of African and Caribbean food products in the United States.
Email: gift@goldencountry.com


Manaco Liquid Pepper Inc
P.O.Box 1707
Sugar Land, TX 77487 USA
Phone : (800) 353-1382
Fax: 281-491-2533
We are maker and producer of a Liquid Pepper from Houston TX. This Original and Unique product is homogeneous and Extremely Hot. This is not a sauce or a puree with salt or other preservatives. This is Habanero Pepper Extract and vegetable oil only.

M'Bambi and M'Bambi Tropical Produce Growers Inc.
1142 Crooked Creek Road
Lithonia, GA 30058
mbambi@netscape.com
This company is a wholesaler of frozen ground cassava leaf, amaranthus, roselle, bitter leaf, and african hot pepper. All seeds and planting material are directly from Africa.

Nina International
PO Box 6566
Hyatsville, MD 20789

Novelty Food Wholesale
20 W. Streamwood Blvd
Streamwood, IL 60107
(630) 372-7704 Fax (630) 372-7705
Email: info@iwunzeholdings.com ; sales@iwunzeholdings.com
Novelty Food Wholesale is a specialist and cheapest source of variety and hard to find African food and other products.

Oja Village Market and Travel Int.
3114 Summit Ave.
Greensboro, NC 27405
phone: (336) 358-8260

Prince and Brothers
(413) 739-7214 fax:(413) 739-9368

Quality African Foods, Inc.
73-75 Joseph St.
Newark NJ 07105 (warehouse/office)
(973) 522-1552 FAX:(973) 522-1553

Raymond Hadley Corp.
89 Tompkins St.
Spencer, New York, 14883
(607) 589-4415 (800) 252-5220 fax:(607) 589-6442
This manufacturer/distributer contracts packaging for private labels. They might have packaged up that favorite brand of gari you've been buying! They furnish foods to ethnic groups, institutions, bakeries, distributors and wholesalers. West African foods include fufu mix, bean flour, plantain flour and gari. They also carry Peruvian, Colombian, Salvadorian, Haitian, East Indian, Portugese and other specialty items. Email to info@raymondhadley.com

Regal Brands Fried Plantains
Manufacturers of delicious, juicy, fried plantains, vacuum packed and frozen, ready to microwave and serve in minutes. Generous discounts on your first wholesale order.
Email: fmgi@hotmail.com
404-438-2077

SA Import Company
27601 forbes Rd #19
Laguna Niguel
CA, 92677
(949) 582-9546
sales@saimportcompany.com
Importer and distributer of wholesale South African groceries in the US.

Sandies Deliz
2871 Brandl Cove Ct
Marietta, GA 30067
(770) 402-7077
antiley@yahoo.com
Wholesaler and retailer of African foods, including okazi (eru), bitterleaf, njangsa, egusi, red colanuts, bitter colanuts, ogu (okongobong), crayfish, njanja moto, bobolo, miyondo, baked peanuts, roast dry corn, kalaba chalk, and natural african black soap. Other products are available at request.

Tyal International
203 Calypso Lane
League City, TX 77573
phone and fax: (281) 334-0718
email
This import company brings in small consignments of Southern African foods, mainly ingredients to compliment South African recipes. The small consignments ensure freshness. Web site under construction. They have been making their own biltong, an air dried meat delicacy for the past 4 years. They use imported ingredients from South Africa. They make the biltong slightly soft, suitable for further air drying (for a day or three) to get it to the exact preferred dryness. The biltong is frozen after coming out of the drying machine, and is shipped in a frozen state; hence shipping must be 2 days max. (If it thaws out it can be refrozen). Shipping is done at cost. Contact Allen or Heather Botha.

White Dove Farm
15821 West Santa Paula St.
Santa Paula, CA 93060
(805) 933-1889
White Dove Farm sells Passion Fruit wholesale direct to residential and business alike.

Zuka Trading and Distribution Company, Inc.
1780H Old Bayshore Hwy
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 392-0128 Fax: (408) 392-0129
email: zukao@yahoo.com
Distributors of African foods and beauty care products.

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Local Markets



Most major cities throughout the northern hemisphere have at least one grocer selling to a West African population. Check this growing list to see if any of these grocers are in your area. Grocers are listed by state in alphabetical order. Click on an underlined name to go to the web site for a store. Sometimes you can order online even if the store is not local.

Poland

Yem Africa
Ul.Polna 1-13,00-633
Warsaw, Poland
Tel/Fax:+48-22-3310892
Wholesale and retail market of African and Caribbean foods. Their products include yam, plantain, egusi, drinks and alcohol from Nigeria such as palm wine, Star, and herbal teas.

British Markets

Friends
22 Plumstead Road
Woolwich
London
SE18 7BZ
Telephone: 0208 309 8202
Fax: 0208 854 7279
Mobile: 07943 47456
This is a family run shop which sells all kinds of West African food, especially Nigerian, Ghanian and Cameroonian. Some of their products are Ugo, scented leaf, bitter leaf and other vegetables, with a choice of fresh, frozen or dried. They also sell Nigerian and Ghanaian Milo, Nido, Peak, Indomie noodles, akam, custard, bournvita, and tolly boy rice.

D4 FOODS
Woolwich Market
Beresford Square
London SE18
or...
69 Austen Close
Thamesmead
London
SE28 8AY
E-mail:d4foods@hotmail.com
Specialises in wholesale and retail african raw foods, like gari, ijebu, elubo, palm oil, snails, agbo for different ailments, obi, orogbo, ogi and others.

Savannah-African Food Stores Ltd.
17 Church Road
Lawrence Hill, Redfield, Bristol
BS5 9JJ
07776324388 / 07950584569
A new African foods retail shop, the first in Bristol, selling all West, East and South African foods.

Zambezi Foods
Birmingham Store: Limpopo Foods, Birmingham, Great Britain
Phone: 0121 434 5253
Luton Store: Zambezi Foods, 76 Hightown Road, Luton, LU2 0BW, Great Britain
Phone: 01528 419 284
email
Zambezi Foods is Britains leading household name for Southern African soul food, beverages and memorilibia. Through consistently valuing our customers needs and demands we are now online delivering Africa`s finest foods straight to your doorstep.

Canadian Markets

Meals on the Go by MJ's BBQ and Suya MJ'S BBQ & Suya
361 Parkhurst Square, Unit 5
(Airport Road/Steeles Intersection)
Brampton, Ontario, Canada L6T 0C2
(905) 494-1003
This is actually a restaurant that comes highly recommended by patrons. The Suya menu is made with authentic spice from home land. MJ's also sells "Meals on the Go", pre-packed frozen containers that takes less than 4-6 minutes to warm up. These come in three delicious West African flavours: Pepper Soup, Spinach with or without Egusi, and Ogbono (Apon) Stew.

Eat-Sum-More, Inc
7700 Bathurst Street, Unit #6
Thornhill, Ontario
L4J 7Y3
email
Located in Toronto, Canada, we are ex South Africans who help other ex South Africans who have a craving for their favourite South African foods fulfill their cravings.

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United States Markets


Alabama

Africanese LLC
226 18th Street North
Birmingham, AL 35203
(205) 324-7880

Choi's Oriental Food and Gifts
402 Jordan Lane
Huntsville, AL 35805
(256) 533-9118
A good selection of West African foods, including stock fish and bitter leaf.

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Arizona

Ako International Market
1400 S. McClintock Dr. Ste.14
Tempe, AZ, USA
(480) 317-9000
We sell lots of african groceries, authentic clothing, arts + crafts, black cosmetics and beauty care, pre-paid phone cards,african movies on vhs, dvd and vcd,african music cd's. Including the following; kenkey(dokono), yams, fufu flour, rice flour, corndough, cassava dough, stockfish, fried fish, smoked fish, semolina, farina, maggi cube, spices, shito(black pepper sauce), plantains, palmoil, egusi, ogbono, ukazi, plantain chips, frozen snails, gari, dry shrimp, crayflish, ginger beer, malta, shea butter, dermovate, lemovate, black soap, mercy cream, wigs and Auntie Lizzie hair extensions.

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California

African Hut
27601 Forbes Rd. Suite 20
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
(949)582-9546 Fax (949)582-5616
email
African Hut sells Southern African foods including beers, beverages, cereals, samosas, jams, wines and sweets. You can order online.

Brookside Grocery (Afrimart)
2085 23rd Street
San Pablo California 94606
(510)776-1916
This is an ethnic shop selling African and Caribbean foods.

Motherland African Foods Market
80 West Grand Ave. Suite 124
Corona, CA 92882
(951) 280-0222
This market is recommended by a patron. They sell all sorts of African foods including yams, palm oil, chin-chin, egusi and more. The owner's wife also has a hair and makeup business and does African styles and head-wraps (gele).

We Yone Foods Convenience Market
251 E. Baseline Road
Rialto, Ca 92376
(909) 879-0242
Specialize in all African, Caribbean and Central American foods. Come find us-we'll find whatever you are looking for.

Yinkus African and Caribbean Market
869 E. Washington Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 798-5212
This market run by a Liberian woman offers many selections of African foods.

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Connecticut

Kristodia Market
818 First Avenue
West Haven, CT 06516
kristodia@live.com
This beautiful, well organised, well stocked African/Caribbean Market comes recommended by a patron.

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Florida

Africa On The Bay
1908 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33607
(813) 374-9614
africaonthebay@yahoo.com
We are a wholesome African marketplace, providing a variety of products and services to the African and Caribbean communities in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. Products include African and Caribbean food and grocery items such as meat, seafood and poultry, fresh produce from the farmer's market, latest African movies and music, health and beauty products, African attire and materials, African arts, and services such as money transfer, airline tickets and shipping services.

Georgia

Sheba Foods
3420D East Ponce De Leon Ave.
(770) 982-1000
Sheba Foods is the first and only company with ready to eat African cuisine in major supermarkets, for example, Wal Mart and Whole Foods Market. Visit their gourmet store at the Georgia location listed above.

Illinois

Aboasa International Market
221 South Green Bay Road
Waukegan, IL 60085
Phone: (888)205-4868 OR (847)596-2032
Fax: (847)599-1632
accentafrica@aol.com
Aboasa International Market is an authentic African store dealing in various African and Caribbean groceries, clothing & crafts. We also sell various electronics products including GMS phones for Africa and Europe at competitive prices. Visit our web site for more information. We ship throughout continental United States at reasonable prices.

Chika International Food Market
522 E Boughton Rd
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
Phone: 630-739-7799
The store is well stocked with a variety of African food products and hard to find African Cosmetics. It has the largest line of Ghana products in Chicago. Also does money transfer to most African countries including Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory coast and Sierra Leone.
Hours:Monday: 5pm-8pm, Tuesday to Friday: 10am to 8pm, Saturday: 10am to 7pm, Sunday: 11am to 5pm

Devine Food market, Inc.
4445 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL 600640
(773) 334-7906 Fax: (773) 334-7917
anike.anthony@yahoo.com
We carry all African, Caribbean, Mexican and Jamaican food products. We are the source of hard-to-find African food products such as fresh kola nuts, bitter kola, alligator pepper, etc. We sell retail and wholesale.

Flo Tropical Foods
1652 Sibley Blvd.
Calumet City, IL 60409
708-730-1070
flotropical@aol.com

La Fruteria, Inc.
8909 S. Commercial Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60617
(773) 768-4969 Fax: (773) 768-0734
Email: sales@lafruteria.net
La Fruteria brings you the very best imported products for delicious tasting Caribbean, African, and Mexican foods. Experience real cooking with our imported authentic food ingredients-hundreds of products ready for your table.

Old World Market
5129 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 989-4440
Specializing in fresh, frozen, canned and dry West African and Carribean foods.

Riteprice African Food Market
2227 West Schaumburg road
Schaumburg, IL. 60194
Phone: (847)352-4951
riteprice@talkamerica.net
Serving African descendants in the heart of the northwest suburb of Chicago. They offer all types of African foods, both in retail and wholesales prices.

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Kansas

African Tropical Market
901 N 7th Street
Kansas City, KS 66101
913-371-0061
This market is owned by Paul Abanishe, a Nigerian. Mr. Abanishe carries a large selection of East, Central and West African foods. He is fluent in Spanish and carries many Central and South American and Caribbean products. Mail orders shipped within 48 hours. Mr. Abanishe has been serving the Kansas City area since 1998.

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Kentucky

ValuMarket Iroquois
5301 Mitscher Ave
Louisville, Kentucky 40214
phone:(502)361-9285
fax:(502)367-8552
email
This is an international grocery store with over 200 authentic West African products.

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Maryland

Sorry, there are no listings for Maryland at this time.

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Massachusetts

Albino Fruit Market
92 Belmont St.
Worcester, MA 01605
(508) 753-9280
Albino's sells all sorts of African foods from palm oil to agbono, kenkey to sweet bread. Their selection is always different depending on the stock.

Tropical Foods
2101 Washington St.
Roxbury, MA 02119
(617) 442-7439
This large market in Boston sells Caribbean, Spanish, West Indian and a number of African products. Here you can get your gari and egusi and do the rest of your weekly shopping as well. They carry palm oil, meats, fresh tropical produce, cosmetics and more. They plan to do online sales in their upcoming web site.

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Missouri

African Depot
9944 West Florissant Ave (near the corner of Chambers Rd and W. Florissant)
St Louis MO 63136-1432
phone: (314) 868-9555 fax: (314) 867-2330
cell (314) 249-3176
Best source for African food items, art and clothing

African Market
3701 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 753-2520 Fax: (816) 753-1096
Imported foods from Africa and the Carribean.

Global Foods Market
Fine Imported Products from Around the World
421 N. Kirkwood Rd.
Kirkwood, MO 63122
Phone: (314) 835-1112 Fax: (314) 835-1113
This shop is open 7 days a week. It offers a good variety of international foods organized by country, with each section marked by that country's flag. Reports say this store is superclean and an exciting place to shop. It includes an American section.

Jay International Food Co.
3172 S. Grand Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63118
Retail: (314)772-2552 Wholesale: (314)772-9393
This market is an excellent source of several kinds of West African and other exotic foods.

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New Hampshire

Tropical Markets
58 Chestnut Street
Nashua, New Hampshire 03060
(603) 880-0270
This Spanish grocery carries many tropical foods such as yams, plantains, fruits, all sorts of dried peppers, dried shrimp, frozen tropical fruit purees, frozen yams (peeled and cut in chunks), banana leaves, and more.

Spanish and American Grocery Store
50 Whitney Street
Nashua, NH 03064
(603) 881-9531
Some of the tropical foods you'll find in this Spanish store are yams, plantains, chorizo, guava paste wrapped in banana leaves, and canned whole guavas in syrup.

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New Jersey

3J's African Convenience Food Mart
1400 Asbury Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
(732) 807-4750
3JYinka@gmail.com
We specialize in african, and tropical food grocery products at affordable prices, all under one roof. The food we sell includes pounded yam, fresh yam, parboiled & basmati rice, garri, white & brown beans, smoked chicken, dry fish, fresh fish, blue fish, bitter leaves, melon seed (egunsi), Nido, Milo, British Heinz Baked Beans, original African & Christian DVDs, Tura Soap & Cream and MoneyGram Money Transfer.

Ade International African Market
590 Central Ave
East Orange, NJ 07018
(973)674-3031 Fax: (973)674-2653
Herbs, medicine, food products, clothes, jewelry, shea butter, black soap, haitian products, religious articles and outfits, catering. They have some great Nigerian palm juice!

Calabash
45 Edison Place
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 643-7828 You can get just about any West African foods from this shop, including daddawa!

Makola African Market Imports
375 Lyons Ave. (Exeter Plaza)
Newark, NJ 07112
(973)926-3919 fax:(973)926-2520

U Save International foods, The African Market
266 George Street
New Brunswick, NJ
You can buy your egusi, stockfish and bitter leaves here, for a propa African meal that will make you remember your Mma's cooking.

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New York

African Heritage Foods
D.B.A. Country Cottage Savories
PO Box 497
Jefferson Valley, NY 10535
(914) 228-1584

African Market and Resto
International Exotic Products Inc.
172-20 Jamaica Ave.
Jamaica, NY 11432
Phone: (718) 523-1057
email
Juliette is a whole saler and retailer of Africa Food products, European cosmetics, African cloths, cassettes, Nigeria and Togo movies and comedies, and finger licking African Cuisine, where you can eat any African food.

Almacenes Shango
661 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10029
(212) 722-4275

Osa Adolor African Market
774 Lenox Road
Brooklyn, NY 11203
(718) 363-2148
Osa Adolor sells authentic African food supplies and ingredients, such as stock fish, cray fish, gari, ogbono, yam, kola nuts, bitter leaves, palm oil and more. They also sell African artwork, materal and clothing.

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North Carolina

Eki African and Caribbean Market
1705 Ramsey St
Fayetteville, NC 28301
(910) 484-4278
Health and beauty products, Nigerian movies and music and an outstanding selection of African food.

chin-chin Motherland Cuisine & Market
6024A The Plaza
Charlotte, N.C 28215
(704) 532-4279 cell (704) 236-5999
dollywey2000@yahoo.com
This combination market/restaurant is newly opened by the previous owners of Flapper International Market in Charlotte. They carry mostly African groceries and serve authentic African (West African) and continental dishes. They also claim to make the best CHIN-CHIN in U.S.A.! I think they might be right about this. I have had their chin-chin, and it's delicious. See the photo of their chin-chin to the right, and a description on my blog.

Sankofa International Market, Inc.
3209 Yanceyville Street
Greensboro, NC 27405
(336) 375-4111 Fax: (336) 375-6699
Email: Mariagbie@aol.com
This local market carries African and Caribbean food, arts and crafts.

The South African Food Shop
11229 East Independence Blvd.
Matthews, NC 28105, USA
(704) 849-2660
Retailers of traditional South African foods and grocery products in the USA.

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North Dakota

African Market
1230 23rd St.
Fargo, ND 58103
(701) 298-7909
e-mail: noahkpena@yahoo.com
Products include bottled red palm oil, powdered yams, and REAL fresh yams from Ghana.

Oklahoma

R.K. Supermarket, Inc.
2328 N. MacArthur
Oklahoma City, OK 73127
Phone: (405) 946-1996 Fax: (405) 942-6916
This African market sells wholesale and retail products.

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Oregon

African Food Market
1910 N Killingsworth St
Portland, OR 97217-4437
(503) 283-8585

Pennsylvania

ACI Market
79 North Progress Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17109
(717)540-1449 Fax: (717)540-1688
This market sells african foods and meats, clothings and treasures. They also help convert video to either ntsc or pal, and sell african movies.

The African Market
121 ½ E. Beaver Ave
State College PA 16801
(814) 238-1938
Newly opened in November 2007, this market carries african groceries, fair trade art & decor, fabrics and movie rentals.

International Market
328 S. Allen Street
State College, PA 16801
(814)238-7679
This Chinese market run by Clara Wang has a little African corner where you can find foods such as dried fish, palm oil, egusi or ground pepper.

Royal International Food Market
1132 N George street
York, PA 17404
(717) 848-1764
This African and Caribean food market sells african foods and meats, clothing and treasures. We also rent and sell african movies.

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Tennessee

There are no listings for Tennessee at this time.

Texas

African Palms
1104 East Beltline Road #106
Carrollton, TX 75006
manager@africanpalms.biz
African Palms is home to a large selection of authentic African foods and spices. We bring you the very best imported Caribbean & African food products. It is a delightful experience when you cook with our imported authentic food ingredients. Products include meats, breads spices, grains, and other African foods, money transfer, calling cards, fax, notary public, beer and wine, cosmetics and African movies.

Austin International Market
502 Pampa Drive
Austin, Texas 78752
512-453-5487
Supplies food mostly from Africa. Has fresh Kola Nuts almost all the time. Proprietor is from Nigeria. Directions: Pampa Drive is located just off Airport drive. From hwy 183 go south on Lamar. Take a right onto airport just before you get to the rail crossing. Pampa intersects airport from the left, just before a car dealership, and about 2 to 3 streets down. If you get to a shopping center on the left that has some oriental type shops you have gone about a block to far.

Classic Taste Harrisa
Trade Mart Kitchen
2100 North Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, TX 75207
(800) 553-3784

Eniola Stores
8888 Dyer St, Ste 517
El Paso, TX 79904
(915) 319-7167
eniolastores@yahoo.com
We are an African & Carribean store selling items such as gari, pounded yam, plantain, elubo (yam flour), crawfish, egusi (melon seed), african artifacts, cosmetics, phone cards, home videos, and more.

Feista Mart
This large grocery chain sells palm oil, guavas, yams, plantains and other tropical foods.

Indo-European Market
Intersection of Park Row and Cooper in South Arlington
Lebanese and Indian foods, tropical fruits and vegetables.

Hong Kong Market
Visit them in Dallas or Arlington!
1816 East Pioneer Parkway
Arlington, TX 76010
(817)265-1488 Fax: (817)459-2345

9780 Walnut St. Suite 360
Dallas, TX. 75243
(972)437-9888 Fax: (972)231-9818

This Oriental market has an aisle dedicated to African foods. You can find egusi, bitter leaves, yams, tropical fruits, cassava, pounded yam mix and drinks.

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Washington

Buck's Fifth Avenue
Olympia, Washington 98501
360-352-9301 (Please leave message slowly.)
This market carries all nationalities of spices, ethnic cooking tools etc. Open since 1973, they will find and sell every imaginable spice.

J and B African Market
10327-3rd Ave S.
Seattle, WA 98168
Phone: (206) 915-5178 Fax: (775) 361-4565
E-mail: jamesp2.wa@netzero.net
This market sells all kinds of West African foods, as well as music, videos, cosmetics and miscellaneous items. You can order online! Click on their name above to visit their web page.

Oriental Market
3919 E. Trent
Spokane, WA 99202
phone: (509) 535-3936
Afro/Caribbean foods, as well as Asian, Indian and Mediterranean groceries and sundries.

Valley Harvest International Market (3 locations)
23636 104th Ave. S.
Kent, WA 98031
Phone: (253) 856-9117

28855 Military Rd. S.
Federal Way, WA 98003
Phone: (253) 839-4570

9820 Pacific Ave. S.
Tacoma, WA 98444
Phone: (253) 537-1107

These markets specialize in fresh produce and ethnic foods of all types. They have been in business for nearly 25 years serving the many different ethnic people in the area. They have recently begun selling African and Jamaican products.

Washington DC

There are no listings right now for Washington DC.

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Information on this page is provided by the companies listed or by their customers. Since I have not visited all the markets myself, I make no claims or recommendations regarding their products or their services.