King Jimmy Market spills down the slope from Pademba Road to the waterfront, with stalls selling fresh fish from the canoes pulled up on the bay, vegetables, palm oil by the bottle, smoked bonga fish, and everything else Freetown households need. It is one of the most intense urban experiences in West Africa.
The market is best visited early in the morning, with a guide, and without anything obviously valuable on you. Photography is contentious — ask before pointing a camera at anyone.