Kurmi Market

At the time of its development, Kano had become a regional center of trade in agricultural products with a functional industry in weaving, cloth dyeing, leather making and potter, this contributed to the attraction of the city to itinerant traders from Western Sudan, Tripoli and Ghadames who came to buy goods.

[4] In 1904, the old market was demolished and a new one was built so as to improve revenue generation for the Kano Native Authority.

The new market opened in 1909 and was composed of 755 stalls made of clay, and had a mosque and a courthouse.

Over the years incremental improvements took place, the streets were widened and some livestock sellers were asked to relocate.

Currently, the market has lost some of its lore as a centre of regional trade and caters mostly to local consumer interests.