Ouahigouya is widely known as a market town.  Here's the market as seen from the top of the Hotel du Nord.  As you can see, it is a warren of corrugated steel sheds.  You can buy just about anything you could want in there, if you know where to look.

For me, the market was just about the most interesting thing about Ouahigouya.  Whenever I got bored (which was pretty often) I would go wandering around the market.  I'd always find interesting things to see and people to talk to.

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