Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market


This semi-enclosed market is a little slice of West Africa in Harlem. You'll find leather goods, wood carvings, textiles, woven baskets, oils, drums, clothing, sculptures and a stupendous array of assorted African everything, much of it geared towards tourists. The market is run by the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque, the former pulpit of slain Muslim orator Malcolm X.


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