CULTURETECHLENSOnitsha Main Market
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Combined Graph record U-01412 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-PL-0087. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Onitsha Main Market is a market in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria, sprawling along the eastern bank of the River Niger and made up of more than 40 interconnected sub-markets; the source describes it as the biggest physical marketplace on the African continent, which is consistent with the stored note's more modest 'one of West Africa's largest markets' (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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Onitsha Main Market is a market in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria, sprawling along the eastern bank of the River Niger and made up of more than 40 interconnected sub-markets; the source describes it as the biggest physical marketplace on the African continent, which is consistent with the stored note's more modest 'one of West Africa's largest markets' (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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- https://afrika.ng/inside-africas-largest-market-why-onitsha-main-market-is-the-beating-heart-of-african-commerce/ (verification source · master store)
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Onitsha Main Market is a market in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria, sprawling along the eastern bank of the River Niger and made up of more than 40 interconnected sub-markets; the source describes it as the biggest physical marketplace on the African continent, which is consistent with the stored note's more modest 'one of West Africa's largest markets' (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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