Merkato Market in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is Africa's largest open-air market spanning approximately 4 square kilometers, established during Italian colonization after the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. This massive commercial hub serves as both a wholesale and retail center for regional trade, featuring diverse sections selling spices, grains, coffee, vegetables, and traditional goods. Beyond commerce, Merkato functions as a residential area where people live and work, with rent ranging from 3,000-5,000 birr per month, making it one of the most affordable housing options in the city. The market demonstrates how urban commercial spaces in developing economies often serve multiple community functions, combining economic activity with residential life in a single, vibrant ecosystem.
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Is This Africa’s Largest Open-Air Market… or a Slum? Ethiopia!Added:
Welcome again to Adis Sababa. This is the self-claimed capital city of Africa.
Of course, we all know it's Kenya.
Anyway, I'm here in Adis. What's the name of this area, but this is a government building. I really don't know what about behind me. Anyway, this area is well planned and well developed.
Kudos to Ethiopia. We about to go explore the largest open air market in Africa. And uh we're going to take a train. You know in Adis they have a lot or rather different means of transportation including trains, buses, mini buses. There even some small buses minivan. Are they minivan or I'll show you when I see them? They they are like this size you know. So we're going to take a train and then we go to the market. It's called Macato market. Meato macato whatever. However you read it.
Okay let's go see how the last time we explored a market. It was in Uganda which was Oino market. It's a market which was found by Kenyans. But this one uh it was found by Italians when they colonized Ethiopia. Let's go and have fun in that market. We get to learn about it. We explore it and see it, you know, and maybe buy something because right now I'm very hungry. Guys, the roads of Adisaba are very cool and they look amazing.
Uh I think in terms of roads they have something that us as as Kenyans we can learn from and the way they keep them clean. No hawkers everywhere like in Nairobi you know and that's what actually Nairobi is also fighting for.
Look at this side. It looks more of uh Rwanda.
Yeah. Can you see those hills?
Yeah. And uh today I'm also again with my friend or rather brother >> Vino >> Vino a YouTuber from uh if you're Sudan.
See guys do you know what time is it and people are taking coffee and mandazis.
I'm hungry. I really don't even know what I can eat. Anger expensive man. The cheapest food I can eat here is 500 Kenyan shillings.
There's no local food, you know.
Let's go and explore Macato Market.
Maybe when we get there, I might try to ask if you can find uh Kenyan food.
>> Are we going to find Kenyan food in >> No.
>> You sure?
>> No, it's in different area. Mat is just a market for sales.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah. All those.
>> Oh, wholesalers? Yeah.
>> The people who go by there on on a wholesale and then come to sell in town for retail.
>> Mhm. Even to other countries.
>> Oh, to other countries. Okay.
>> So guys, this is how Adis look like. Let me show you. This is a there's a there's a train a subway like they have, you know, they their train are active more than the ones in Nairobi. See this is a road. There's a road and then there's a a train in the middle. You know it looks amazing guys.
Adis is really building.
Do you understand the meaning of building? Look at this.
You know there are cranes everywhere.
New buildings.
>> Mexico. They also have a Mexico because they say Mexicans helped to fight Italians. I think you should know that.
So they have a whole town inside the city named after Mexicans to appreciate them. I really don't know how true that is. Uh tell me what you think or what you know in the comment section. In terms of the maintenance, I think if you have watched my video about the exploration of Ethiopia, I'm pretty sure you already know now about this town.
Check it out if you haven't watched it.
This is a bus rank in front of us.
Yeah, they have also electric buses at a large numbers. It's like in Kigali.
We running to catch a train.
It just stopped.
Uh closed. I told you we can't manage.
This is it. So, we're going to have to wait for I don't know how many minutes until another one comes.
It has left us. Yeah, we're going to have to wait for another one. Let me cross the road and head to the subway.
guys. Uh, this is the subway.
We're going to This is This is actually We're going to the waiting area. You see, even students, they take train. train is uh way cheaper and uh affordable, easy to move around.
>> Go.
>> This is the second time experiencing the train transport in a actually this is free. Even yesterday it was free when we were going back to the hotel. They say sometimes you pay, sometimes it's free.
See the view. We are going through the city and it's very packed because it's free. Of course, you can see people around. I think you can see how packed it is.
We have so many people inside the background.
Look at the view.
This is another station and uh people are coming in and going out.
>> You can see the city through the city as you move.
>> If you're not strong enough to stand here, surviving is hard.
Guys, you can see the map of the train.
>> The way you move around.
When you reach at your train station, you just get off.
That's how that's it.
>> My guy here, the most shy YouTuber we have in the town.
>> The most shy.
>> The most shy. He's afraid to film around because he's afraid of people. Waiting for the second train. We just got off that one. Waiting for another one that goes to Nakata. I think it's also free.
Uh that's what we are waiting for. These are subways. We have trains like this in Nairobi and something I never got a chance to experience because I'm a motorbike guy. I'm always on a motorbike. I don't like stress and being in crowded places. This is for your experience. Whenever you come here, no motorbikes in town. they are prohibited because they say one of the key factors that contributing to the high rate of crime and they don't want that to happen to their citizen. That's why they offer free trains for people to, you know, to move around. I hope you're learning.
Yeah, we just got on the second blue one. You can see this one has some many seats which are empty. It's not too crowded like the first one. Can see people.
It's a nice exper experience.
The guy was locked out.
>> Locked him out like 2 seconds, 5 seconds. This is great.
>> Yeah, please. Yeah, we just uh we took the blue train the one.
>> This is a stadium. And this the window is this the tallest building in East Africa.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's I think it's the longest.
Guys, we are out of the train.
>> Yeah, then they they put you in trouble.
>> I guess we are probably we are lost, man.
>> I'm not pretty sure where we are going.
Seems like my local also doesn't know.
>> Where is this?
Let us figure out where he is and then is it safe to say that it's actually easy to navigate through Nairobi more than navigating through Adisaba? Man, Adaba is a little bit complicated.
Adaba feels like the rest at first time.
You know, they told us it's in front of us, but I really don't know how we go.
Oh, guys, I think we are lost again.
We need to take a taxi from here to the market. Thank you. Next time I'm back in Ethiopia, I need a native here. I'm really going through a rough time. We're going to have to take a taxi from here.
That's what I believe. No, I don't have something. I'm very empty pocketed.
>> No, no, no, no.
>> Not today. Not today.
I think in Adis even if you wake up with 1 million beer and you decide to be giving anyone who asks you for money like 100 100 beer by the evening you won't be having even a single coin.
There are many many beggars. So these are matus or rather public transports that we're going to use.
Meata market.
>> We're going to take Do you know how much is it?
>> 30.
Okay. Going to pay. Uh My is full already.
This is a a M.
>> There's music. I think I'm going to have to cancel the recording because uh it is this really going to make market. Okay.
Oh man, it's so confusing and the language barrier is full right now. We are ready to go.
We we actually missed a turn. Is it is it No, we missed the bus train stop and then uh this bus is taking us back to where that market is and being in this bus feels like I'm going to Kay. They have >> very very very very dirty cutings. Yeah, it's so crowded.
So for two people I'll be paying 60 60 B. That's like 50 Kenya shillings.
This is how the street look like.
Wagwan. Wagwan. We got of this bus behind. We made it to Mar.
>> My guy made a mistake. He was told we are supposed to count 80 stops. He was on a phone. He never counted and it has costed me 60 bh.
>> This guy >> would I would I be a bad person if I say you should refund because he's the one who was told the >> I'll refund him when >> it's okay. So guys, this is going to be the entrance and uh we are about to explore. As you can see here, they are selling. Is it tobacco? Is it I don't know what is it. This is the outside of the market.
>> You can see how even it's actually busy outside.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> So, they say moving around inside is one of the most >> It's one of the hardest hardest thing to do.
>> Hi guys.
>> How are you?
There is no free food. Look at those donkeys. The way they carry luggages.
Those are sacks of what? I really don't know what they are carrying.
But you can see people are doing businesses outside. Small small businesses.
I don't know if this is an entrance.
No, doesn't look like one. What is this?
Are those greens?
>> Hey, do you know many entrance for market?
Where is the entrance?
Okay, so the guy showed me to keep walking.
I really don't know what is these greens, man.
Are them vegetables or what?
They have fresh veggies, avocados, onions, papayas.
This is the entrance.
>> Entrance of the market >> to the market. Entrance.
>> Oh, in front. Okay. It seems like I'm still far away.
I'm from Kenya.
>> Sorry.
Actually, there's a place that I can eat.
You see this area?
I don't know where the entrance is yet, but everyone keeps telling me, "Keep going. Keep going."
I don't know >> up to where this is how the outside look like.
There's a Zela house around here called Zala Jabulan.
Oh guys, I think I see it. I think it's very actually it's very far. These are like the kiosks that we are passing. But the real market, you can see how crowded it is. It's uh in front of us and it's very far. See, it's like a a 10 minutes walking distance, you know.
This is the biggest open air market in Africa.
>> Hey, do you know the entrance of the market?
>> No English language.
>> No English.
The guy is like, "No English language.
Yeah.
>> Hi.
You know the entrance of the market?
>> Entrance. Market.
>> What the hell guys? Um people don't understand. What is this?
Is this Pepe?
Might be very very very People sell chickens here.
>> Entrance of the market. Where is the entrance? Market.
>> Yeah. Market >> here. Market.
>> Yeah.
>> Entrance or here?
>> Entrance bank.
>> No. Entrance.
>> Entrance.
>> Going in. Going in the market is here.
>> Or the market. Market. Marcato. Is this one?
>> Yeah.
>> Or this one? This one.
>> I don't understand.
>> Let me ask you this guy.
>> Yo, brother.
>> Yo, bro. How are you? Is this the entrance of Marata market?
>> Marcato.
>> Marcato. Is the entrance or this one?
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> Entrance.
Yeah. Thank you.
>> Hey. Hey.
>> Want chicken?
>> Chicken is how much?
>> How much?
>> The guy is asking if you want a chicken.
No one.
>> You good?
>> So, see how this market is buzzing, man.
Hey, it's chaotic.
That's why it's the largest, you know.
No people floating things. I think this is the side of onions.
>> And that sky is delivering onion. And these are what we call garlic.
Too much garlic.
But people mix things here. It's not like there's a section for one thing.
like it's a mist area.
>> Hello. How are you? What is that?
Is that Pepe? Oh, Pepe. How much is that?
>> No, I'm from Kenya.
>> I'm from Kenya. This is how much? Yeah.
How much?
>> 100 beer kilo.
>> Oh, per kilo 100. Oh, okay. So, guys, buying pepper. Let me show you this pepe. This is like pepper of Ethiopian peppe and it goes for 100 100 bill per kilo. Thank you.
So, we keep exploring. These are How are you? These are how do you call this?
These are no this.
Okay, guys. Uh those are spices.
I think this is the area for spices only.
You can really really tell garlic a lot.
tomatoes and there are some shops people sell chickens, you know, >> how are you? You're good. What is that?
>> What is that?
>> I see. How are you?
>> You're good. What is that?
>> It's one. Oh, this is for >> What is this? Let me show you guys.
>> Black barley blackley.
>> Guys, what is this? Is this black rice?
>> Barley. Barley. It's not rice.
>> Oh, it's not rice.
>> No, it's barley.
>> Cereals.
>> Oh, type of cereals.
>> I use it to make different kinds of barbage.
>> Oh, beverage.
>> Beverage. Yeah. Local beverage.
>> Oh, okay. And this one?
>> This one.
>> Okay.
>> That one is The piled one we we peel the >> Oh, it's peeled already. You know?
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> The cover of this one.
>> Okay.
>> That one is without >> Oh, okay.
Oh, you can eat it. It's fried.
>> Serious.
You can eat it.
>> Fried. Guys, look at this. It's fried.
The fried one.
>> It's not dirty. It's >> tasty. It has a good bar.
>> Yeah, it tastes nice.
>> Wow.
>> So, this goes for how much per kg?
Something over 300.
>> 300 kg.
>> Oh, that's amazing.
I mean money for you.
>> I How am I? I I don't have anywhere to take it. I'm exploring and showing you people how it looks.
>> What's your What is this?
>> Black cumin.
>> Black cumin.
>> Black human. This is for what?
>> For different kind of spice. Spice. It has a you can taste.
M. It smells nice.
>> Yeah, it smells nice.
>> You put in food.
>> In food. In different types of foods.
And even we put it in coffee.
>> In coffee. Oh, you added this in coffee.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. I've had this smell in a coffee here around.
>> Oh, it smells nice. So like this also goes how much per kg?
>> 60. Too expensive.
>> It's too expensive.
>> Almost 800.
800 beer. Yeah, >> that's like 700 Kenyan shillings. That's too expensive.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> Oh, so >> you from Kenya?
>> I'm from Kenya. Yes.
>> From Kenya.
>> Thank you so much. Have you ever been to Kenya?
>> I have never been but I use their like phone their network system.
>> Oh, okay. Safar.
>> Safar. Yeah. There's also your safar.
>> Yeah. Safar.
>> Wow. And what is that?
>> Mess.
>> Mesa c.
>> How do do you use to do it? To do what?
It spice for what? For food.
>> No, I've never >> No, I've never seen them.
>> Maybe I'm too westernized. I grew up in city.
>> In Kenya.
>> Oh, grains.
>> It looks like macademia.
>> I don't know. Macadamia.
>> Oh, yeah. Guys, what is this? Anyone who knows in the comment section, please let me know.
>> Mam kam inhar no inhim.
>> Corol.
>> Oh, okay. You put also in food.
>> In food.
>> In food. Oh, that's amazing. Thank you.
>> Yeah, I see a lot of spices. I think you have uh your culture is also very rich in terms of spices.
>> Is it because of Italians?
>> No, it's not because Italians. Yeah, >> we have country. We have culture in ancient time. You know the civilization of >> you heard about civilization.
>> Yeah.
>> We have 3,000 years back from civilization. So >> wow from there >> from there. Yeah.
>> All of food of >> spicy.
>> Oh wow. Thank you so much. That was so helpful. So this market is divided into how many sections?
>> It doesn't have any sections.
>> It's too big.
>> It's an open area.
>> So it goes up to where?
>> Oh, you can go there >> up to about 3 up to 4 km.
>> 4 km walking.
>> No, it's not walking area >> square kilome.
Thank you so much. I appreciate >> I'm not telling you the exact smarter.
>> Let me buy you water.
>> Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. Thank you. I appreciate for the information. Let me keep walking. Thank you so much. Uh guys, uh that was so educative.
Um the culture of Ethiopia is so rich in terms of uh cultures, spices back into the 3,000 years of their ancient time because this nation was never colonized.
Okay, it was colonized a little bit also with the religion as well. But uh they have things of their own because it's the only country that uses letters created uh doesn't use how do we call it? Um the symbols of their letters.
>> Okay, >> whatever you remember that I'm going to tell you. I can you can see people are selling the market is 4 kilome square kilometers.
The guy who was giving me information I tried to buy him water he refused. He said you know. Yeah.
You can see how he looks like.
Yeah. Garlic everywhere. I hope I'm going to get in the new section. Hello.
>> Hi. How are you? Can I call you back once I'm I finish filming?
>> Okay, I'll check them. I'm in I'm in a market once I'm I'm done. I'll I'll check them. Okay.
>> Thank you.
>> Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Um, >> so guys, are we going to go through this? I don't know. Is it a tunnel?
Let me try to go in. I think these are vegetables. I've never seen vegetables in Ethiopia. This is my first time.
Yeah, these are vegetables.
What's the name of them?
Okay. It's called the name.
>> It's called >> What's the name of this?
>> Cabbage.
>> So, this is your cabbage. Your cabbage look like this.
>> Cabbage.
>> Oh, really?
>> Okay.
>> Okay.
>> Thank you so much.
>> Okay, guys. That's how the cabbage look like.
How are you? You good? What's your name?
>> Okay, good. Uh people really want to approach and talk to you, but the language barrier doesn't make that easy.
And at least in this market, people are not hostile like in Uganda. What is this?
>> Huh?
>> Odo.
>> Odo.
>> It's oil.
Cojo.
>> It's for cooking, >> guys. Look at this.
>> So, co.
>> Oh, it's like oil. Oil.
Cojo. You eat it. Okay. Thank you.
And I see it's been made, it's being sold a lot here in this area, you know.
Guys, this area is very very very big.
>> I believe getting lost is very easy around here because uh >> Hello sir, >> how are you? Good.
Thank you. Thank you.
>> How are you? Want to say >> what's your name?
>> Are you fine?
>> Thank you. Yo, what's up?
>> Is this your girlfriend?
So, this is a area where they do manual labor. Yeah.
How are you?
So, I really don't know. I think I'm on the >> Wow, guys.
It's a very, very, very big area.
I think I'm going to switch and go on this other side because if you continue, this is an area for manual labor work.
People are really working. How are you?
What's your name?
Okay.
Wow.
>> How are you?
>> Yeah. Beads. What is this?
>> Butter.
>> Huh?
>> Butter.
>> Oh, guys.
>> Cheese.
>> Cheese.
>> Oh, this is cheese. This is butter.
>> And this is a cheese.
>> Oh, okay. How much is it?
>> How much?
>> It goes for how much? You weigh per kg.
>> Per kg.
>> Is it per kg or you use that?
>> How much is the >> Oh, you can eat that.
>> 80 >> 80 >> 800 >> 800 >> for this hole.
>> Oh, okay. Thank you. Thank you. No, I can't.
>> No, I can't. Thank you so much.
>> Africa.
>> Oh, yeah. Kenya.
>> Kenya.
>> Kenya. You know Kenya?
>> Yes, very. Yeah, you should visit Kenya.
Thank you.
>> Your name is >> My name is Ma.
>> Ma.
>> Ma. What? Your name is Ma?
>> My name is My >> My name is Assad. Assad.
>> Assad.
>> My name is >> Okay. Thank you so much. Very good. Have a good day. Okay, these are traditional.
How do you call them? I don't know. They look cute. I think these are how they make this traditional things.
>> How are you?
The area for butter and cheese.
I don't know. What's the name of this?
Is it a basket? Basket.
>> Is it used to do what?
to sew things.
>> Inera. Oh, you put in on this.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, okay. What's the name of it?
>> Mhabot.
>> Moab.
>> Mhabor.
>> Okay, guys. They make them handmade here. Oh man, they look amazing. So, this is what they use to serve food. It gives more the vibe of Zanziba also have it. Thank you so much, >> Shish. Um you know there's something in Zanziba called um I don't even remember the name. They used to serve food. They put normally they once they serve food they put on top of food.
>> Uh so you see how big they are. How are you?
>> How are you? You good? Uh what's the name of this? This it's called no English. Oh, okay. Thank you. I think I'm going to go on the this areas. This also has a lot of traditional things.
Yeah. Let me show you around here because I'm just tomatoes.
You see, they also have this uh portraits.
They look good, man.
Wallpapers.
I see traditional things you can come here and buy.
>> Yeah.
>> You see there's no free free food in Ethiopia.
>> How are you?
>> Everyone must work. Even donkeys.
>> Okay. Oh, there's also this guy in front of me.
He's being given a luggage to carry. I think it's a normal thing here. They also use horses to to carry luggages here in Ethiopia.
Yeah, I don't know which side I am right now.
Guess I'm not lost. You see guys, I told you they there are spices everywhere.
You see even on the ground.
So this market is sits on over I think four square kilometers. That man said you can see in front of it's like you can't end it.
You know, but you can go on the other section which is on this side. How can I pass?
>> You have tattoo. What is this?
>> Is that a traditional?
>> Yes.
>> For which tribe?
>> Which am >> Guj?
>> Oh, Gujam tribe. They tattoo.
>> Can I take a picture of this?
Let me show them.
>> You have four star. Is it like Yeah, guys. Looks cool, man.
>> You look like a a star. You sing.
>> You sing. You're a rapper.
>> You're a rapper.
>> Can I pass?
>> No. Wait a minute.
>> Okay. Thank you so much. What's your name?
>> Okay. My name is Malaku.
>> Malaku.
>> Oh, you're a taxi driver here?
>> Yes.
>> How long have you been working in this market?
>> Where?
>> You've been here for how long? Like how many years you work here?
>> How many?
>> Years. Years.
>> You don't understand. It's okay. Enjoy your food. Enjoy your Thank you so much. So guys uh we can use Oh this is like a whole road passing in between you know and there are many people come here to buy things on a wholesale you know prices and then they go to sell on a retail see I think there's a mosa >> okay I don't understand.
>> So guys, uh people are playing a draft here and others are making Is that coffee?
>> Is that coffee?
Yeah.
>> Coffee bin boa buna. Oh, why is it black, >> guys? People are making buna.
Okay.
So, this is the section of uh coffee.
Yeah.
>> You know, coffee is one of the largest.
How are you?
>> That's coffee.
There's a Okay.
Okay. Okay.
Okay.
So guys um okay there's no way to go on the other side. Bye.
>> So people on this side people don't like a camera. This is where the business of coffee happens. You know they say this is where the best coffee in the world is found.
And I really don't know why people don't like being seen in the area of coffee.
Is it a haram thing? And uh you see people put uh this is prayer time.
This is also Muslim Muslims are playing.
>> Yeah.
Oh my it's prayer time.
They have a large majority of Muslims even though this country is dominated by um Orthodox Christians.
We also have a large number of Muslims.
Up again.
>> Yeah, guys. People pray in the market.
You see people are selling soaps here.
Others are praying in the middle. You know this is an amazing experience man. You know this is a side of u how do we call them?
Plastic materials.
No, I think my boys are looking for me.
>> So, um, how are you?
>> You good?
You fine?
>> Yo, how are you?
Yeah.
>> No, no, I'm harsh.
>> You speak?
>> Arabic alif.
>> This guy is very funny. How are you?
>> You sell coffee?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay, that's amazing. How much is it?
Sala.
>> How much?
>> 25.
>> 10.
>> 10.
>> P coffee. Give me one.
>> Give me one.
>> One. Just one. Let me try coffee.
>> One.
>> 40.
>> No. That's expensive. Is it >> 40?
>> 40.
>> 40 beer.
>> Is it?
>> Really? Why is it 40? What's your name?
What's your name? Sabrid.
>> Sabrid. That's your name.
>> How much is it?
>> Count.
>> Okay. One, two, three. Food.
>> It's okay.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. Give me coffee. Let me try coffee, guys. Uh, I'm going to try coffee.
>> I haven't had a coffee today.
>> Yeah.
I sit here. Okay. Very good.
>> Sabrina.
>> Sabrina.
>> Sabrina. Sabr Sam.
>> Yeah. Sam Raid.
>> Samade.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. You How long have you been working here?
>> You've been selling coffee here in this market for how many years?
>> Yeah.
>> How many years?
>> One.
>> One year.
>> Yeah. One year.
>> Oh, wow. You have Kenyans in this market?
>> Mhm.
>> Where where can I find a Kenyan? I'm looking for Kenyans.
>> Okay.
So you you make a profit selling coffee.
How much per per month? Per day.
>> Profit.
>> Yeah. Profit.
>> Selling Bua. How much per month?
>> I don't know.
>> It depends. It depends. Okay. You look so beautiful. Are you married?
How are you?
>> Wow. And later.
>> No husband.
>> You don't have husband. You want to marry you? Take you to Kenya.
>> Yeah.
>> You okay?
>> Yes. Okay.
>> How much is your diary? She says okay.
>> You pay diary.
>> I'm not sure.
>> You pay dari mah.
No mayor.
>> So we can just go.
>> Good. Then finish drink coffee and then we go. Right guys, I found a wife in the market of of um uh how do you go? Marcato, right?
Okay.
>> So this is how she warms coffee. Yeah.
They use this small thing they put on fire, you know.
>> I'm going to taste. I love their coffee and normally whenever I'm taking it, I don't put sugar in it. I make sure I take natural. It's like the one we take in Tanzania. But the Tanzanian ones, uh the Tanzanian one is not so strong like the one here. The one here is very very very very strong. And um my guys just asked me to send their location to send them a location.
>> I'm waiting for them to reach where I am to see if we can find each other.
>> How are you?
>> Thank you, bro.
>> What's your name?
>> Live.
>> You don't want to be seen? What's your name?
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. She can't be seen.
She's going to serve us coffee, guys.
>> No. No.
>> No. I'm Harik. Yeah.
>> I'm from K. No. No. No sugar. No sugar.
>> I like it raw.
>> Do you like it raw?
>> Arabic. Araf.
>> Arabic.
>> Arabic.
>> Yeah.
>> No. No much. Like just a Quran.
>> Quran.
>> Quran.
You >> Yeah, guys. Uh that's how the coffee Arabic >> Arabic. Yeah.
>> Yeah. Shash.
This is uh my coffee for 40. But I find it it's very expensive here in this market.
>> Normally in other places it's 30 or 25.
I think in it was uh 25. The other place we took it we took like four five I don't know six and I paid 400. I don't even remember. I didn't ask for the price you know. Abundance guys.
Abundance.
Sometimes you don't have to check prices. Okay. Uh but today in the uh Marcato market it's for pack up.
Yeah. So let me try.
Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Amazing.
>> Nice.
>> Nice.
>> I love it. I love it. You know, you'll be making this one every morning when I'm your husband.
>> I want to marry her.
So, we're going to take this coffee together until I finish because I'm not cutting this video.
Beautiful. Guys, you can't wait for me to finish. Let's cut it and come back later.
>> Can I see yourself?
>> Hi, >> oh, you Christian.
>> Uhhuh. Muslim >> Muslim that boy that girl you rostad what's your name >> Fatma >> Fatma ah the the daughter of the prophet Muhammad >> Fatma Muhammad >> yeah blessed >> name Fatma Muhammad >> Fatma Muhammad >> you have two names of the most blessed names of the prophet.
That's beautiful.
>> You a Christian?
>> Yeah.
>> I see you have a cross.
>> Yeah.
>> Orthodox.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, okay. Who's your messenger? The prophet.
>> The name of the prophet. Is this Jesus?
>> Yeah.
>> Jesus.
>> Jesus.
>> Oh, Jesus. You know Jesus?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. How is it? He called.
>> Jesus.
>> Yes. Who?
>> Yes.
>> Jesus.
>> In what language? Yes. Yes. Swahili.
Really? I never knew this is big.
>> Okay. So, will you convert for me?
You'll be a Muslim.
>> I want to marry her.
>> They can't be married by Muslims.
>> No.
>> Why?
Muslim.
>> Muslim.
>> Oh, okay. Uh, but she can convert. She can be a Muslim, right?
>> You can be a Muslim. You convert for me.
>> No way. You don't want to be a Muslim.
Why?
another show.
>> Thank you so much. I will come back for you. This was very, very good. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Let me keep walking.
>> Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. It's okay. Thank you. Uh guys, this is a recycling area.
I just found myself a wife inside this market. Right now, I really don't even know where I am.
This is how people walk around work.
Some money will labor work. If you're not strong here, you can't survive, you know.
And some people are selling, you know, uh, how do we call them?
>> They are cabbages here and sweet potatoes. It's the first time I saw them here because uh, in the >> in their culinary this food don't exist. I really don't know which people who cook them you know this this woman she has beautiful eyes but the way she's looking at me oh this is where they sell pots for making coffee.
Yeah, there are many.
They look How are you? Salam.
>> No, I just want to.
>> Okay. How much is this?
>> This one?
>> The pot?
>> It's four >> 400 >> 400.
>> Yeah, >> it's 400.
>> Yeah. of 100 beer.
>> That's like 300 Kenyan shillings.
>> Oh yeah. Kenya.
>> Yeah. Kenya. You speak?
>> They are small.
>> Small. Small.
>> Oh, this is Yesu. You're an unorthodox.
>> Yeah. Copy.
>> Oh, copy of Yesu.
>> Orthodox.
>> Oh, okay.
>> People are religious this side. This has a flag of Ethiopia.
>> Ethiopia. Copy.
>> Copy. Yeah.
>> How much?
>> How much?
Meadow >> 1 >> 1 2 >> 100 >> I want >> 5 >> 5 >> zero >> Oh 1050 >> guys no it's me it's me the camera is on my face You don't want to be seen. You're afraid of people.
>> Okay. Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> Oh. 150. 150.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, man. The small one. This one liter.
>> Yeah.
>> Is it one liter or half liter?
>> Big.
>> Oh, this. Oh, 2 liters.
>> Okay. Yeah. Okay. Oh, okay. Wow. Thank you so much.
>> No problem.
>> And this is very colorful.
>> Burkhur. Yeah, >> this is for burning m.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, this you put misk just for burning incense.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, okay. Nice. That's amazing. Thank you so much. No problem.
>> Okay. And uh this is for >> this jabar.
>> Jabanar.
>> Mat.
>> Mat.
>> Yeah.
>> For what?
>> Oh, this one.
>> Oh, guys. Oh, okay. Okay. So, this is like um what? Look at this one. You see you put it down.
>> Oh, yeah. Just to support the pot.
>> Oh, okay. Thank you so much.
Yeah, guys. Um let me show you around.
Actually, this area, this is what they said. Okay. And uh let's keep walking.
This what they have mostly.
What is this >> stove?
>> Stove for what?
>> Let me show them. How do you do it, guys? Um, let me show you. This guy is making this for doing what?
>> Oh, okay.
>> Inera.
>> Oh, you use this to make inera.
>> Yes. Yes.
>> Oh, really?
>> What?
You put it. Oh, okay. So, you put a How do you call it?
>> The guy is laughing at We both don't understand each other, but it's okay.
>> But that's what he used to make in Jera.
Okay, that's amazing. Thank you guys. This whole area sells things for Inera.
Ina and coffee inera coffee. Inera coffee. You see?
Yeah.
And uh Oh I forgot my water. It's okay.
I didn't even remember. And I think they tried to call me. I didn't hear them because of the language barrier.
This is an area to shoes.
Okay, this is an area for sport shoes.
You good?
>> What are you doing here?
>> You clean them?
>> Oh, and then you shop.
>> Oh, shop. Oh. Oh, okay. You sell shoes.
How much is that?
>> Uh, five 5,000.
>> 5,000 beer.
>> Jordan four. Oh, Jordan.
>> Oh, okay guys. 4,000 beer. That's like uh 3,000 Kenya shillings.
>> No.
>> Last price.
>> Last price. 4,000.
>> 5,000.
>> 5,000.
>> Oh, okay. Thank you. What's the name of your shop?
>> Uh 4 day four day four day shopping.
>> Four day shopping, guys. You can see there. You see >> when people come here to shop, they will come on your shop.
>> Okay.
>> Okay. Thank you. What's your name?
H >> Kenya. Yes.
>> Kenya.
>> Yes. You know Kenya?
>> Kenya.
>> You've been to Kenya?
>> Oh, okay.
>> Welcome again, Kenya. Okay.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you.
Thank you. Let's try to explore in this area. So, this guy owns this shop here.
So, Jordan goes for 5,000 beer, which is like I don't know how much.
Yeah, this area is full of shoes, man.
I really don't think you can tour this market and finish it because it's too big. How are you?
It's too big, man.
Guys, it's too big.
I'm not filming you.
>> Yeah, there's a a lot of shoes here.
An office.
Even if you change the the lane on this side.
Yeah, guys.
Let me show you.
There's also secondhand shoes. I think this is the Mutumba area. Yeah. For secondhand shoes.
Yeah.
What's up? You good?
Uh guys, I'm going to use this other road here.
This is for area for recyclables.
>> How are you?
This is considered one of the most dangerous area because of uh you know I don't know why people don't trust people who does manual labor work you know if you want to do construction you come here and buy for your roofing you Huh?
>> See, >> they sell construction materials. How are you? Good.
>> Amazing.
I think this has to be one of the cheapest material while constructing a house. This one the most affordable. You can actually buy it with the money you use to buy a air time, you know.
People are busy on this side.
>> One mistake live here very very dirty.
As you can see how the place look like food.
being repaired.
>> It's too noisy, guys.
>> What?
>> You good?
>> Hi.
>> You good?
Speak English speaking.
>> What's your name?
>> What's your name?
>> What's your name? You good?
>> Yeah, guys. Uh, I think these shoes have saved me big time cuz the place is not clean that much.
This is how the >> how are you?
>> The guy wanted to tell me stop recording but he saw the camera is facing him.
He's like yeah just go and leave.
So this how they fix them.
There's a way here to the market. This goes to market.
>> Okay. Thank you.
So I think also some people live here >> if I'm not wrong.
>> Yeah, people live here. It's more of a slam. What is this guys? I think this is used to make alcohol.
Who knows the name of this?
Yeah. To me looks like a wheat or a fermented wheat.
People live here actually.
>> It's like more of a you know a residential area. How are you?
>> People live in this market.
>> This is village.
>> This is a village.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, people live here?
>> Yeah.
>> They pay rent or they own the house?
>> Yeah.
>> How much per month?
>> How much? 3 months.
>> Three.
>> 3,000 beer.
>> Beer >> per month. Yeah.
>> Oh, per month.
>> I think he doesn't understand. You good?
You speak English? What's your name?
>> You don't know. You don't understand, >> guys. It's a residential area. It's small. You speak English?
>> No.
>> Oh my goodness.
You speak English? Yeah.
>> This is a residential area. People live here.
>> Okay.
Sorry, I don't know. You good? Uh, that's how they wash clothes. That's maybe the adobe, you know. How are you?
Speak English. English. People live here. How much is the rent per month?
You don't understand.
He's laughing at me.
Oh, okay. I'm going to get to know ago.
>> Oh, that's mirror.
>> Ch.
>> Oh, this comes from me, Kenya.
>> You know this.
>> How do you call it inher?
>> Oh, guys, this is mira. It comes from Kenya. This one.
>> Oh, how much they sell? How much?
>> 400.
>> 400. It's very expensive. Wow. Thank you so much.
Hi. How are you?
>> B. Oh, thank you so much. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. They told telling me to close my bag. Bless you.
They are telling me to close my bag because it was open. Bye.
>> You speak so English?
>> Yes.
>> Yes. People live here. They pay rent on their own houses.
>> You good?
>> You speak English?
>> No, I am not good. Oh, >> okay.
>> Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Um, so guys, this place is full of life, man. Even though people don't uh understand what I'm saying. How are you?
>> We don't understand each other, but the area is full of life. How are you? How are you?
>> You speak English?
>> I speak English.
>> You speak English. You live here?
>> I speak English.
>> Oh, okay. What's your name?
>> Uh, no. No.
>> You don't know your name?
>> Okay. Thank you.
So, guys, if people knew language, I could have known the history behind this area because um come to find out, many people live in this area. Even though I don't have anyone to ask. I don't have a local. The guy I came with also is not a local. He doesn't understand anything about this area. Language is an issue.
You know, >> bro, but I can't see.
>> See, the guy is >> can't see you completely. I I sent him my location and he's saying, >> "Bro, it is showing that we're in the same location, but I can't see you."
>> Can't see you completely.
>> I'm I'm really I'm moving so fast. I really don't think he can see me because the way I'm moving is not the way he moves.
We are almost to close this video when I meet them.
>> How are you?
>> Speak English.
>> Speak English.
>> You speak English.
>> No English.
I don't know. No.
>> You want to take a selfie? Come.
So this guy, you look like a musician.
Do you think?
>> Yeah.
>> What's your name?
>> My name is Say Abdush. Say >> you have a YouTube channel?
>> No.
>> How do we listen to your music?
>> Are you artist?
>> No. You artist?
>> No. YouTuber?
>> YouTuber?
>> From Kenya.
>> Kenya.
>> Kenya. Say >> you know Kenya.
>> You know, >> you know Kenya.
>> Kenya.
Kenya Kenya. Kenya. Oh, okay. You've been to Kenya.
>> You know Kenya?
>> Can you speak swi >> English?
>> No English.
>> Oh, this this woman.
>> Amarik.
>> Amar.
>> Oh, thank you. Thank you. People live here in this area.
>> Marcato.
>> Marcato.
>> Marcato. Market.
>> Oh, Mar. Oh, Mar in Amharic is marato.
>> Marcato. Oh, >> no. English. Marat.
>> Markat.
>> Marcat.
>> Oh, okay. Okay. Thank you so much.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> Um, this place is full of life, man. You know, people are so vibrant. They sell in here. You saw what they used to make in.
I'm so glad we got a show. How are you?
>> You good? Speak English.
>> Come here. Come here.
>> You live here? Ethopia.
>> Ethiopia. Ethopia.
>> You live here?
>> Okay.
>> Is this a residential area or it's just a market?
>> What?
>> Is this a residential area?
>> Ethopia. Best Ethopia.
>> Best in Ethiopia.
>> Best Ethopia.
>> Okay. Thank you. What's your name?
>> No. No. No.
>> Your name?
>> No. Please.
>> No.
>> No name. No. No. What is your name?
>> No. No.
>> Thank you. This boy is hugging.
>> What's your name? My name is Riyadisu.
Riyadisu.
>> Riyadisu.
>> Oh, you study around here?
>> Yeah. Where is your school?
>> School of America.
>> Family of America. That's why you speak good English.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. People People live here.
>> Rent rent houses. How much is rent here?
>> How much do they rent their houses here?
>> Marcato.
>> Marcato. Thank you so much. You are very brave. I like I like your English. You are very good. You'll go far in life.
Thank you so much. Saga >> soccer.
>> Saga, you love soccer. You support who?
Man United.
>> Man United.
>> You're a Man United fan.
>> Bye. Bye.
Okay.
>> Bye. Bye. Take care.
Goodbye.
Come here. Come.
>> No. This one.
>> Come here. This is for you.
>> That's for her. That's all I have. No other.
>> Good.
>> I gave the boy 250. He's very excited.
Say hi to mom.
Okay. Um guys, sometimes I love how he spoke good English and really trying brave. He hugged me. I felt like it's my son.
Yeah, now we head I'm heading back to I think I don't know where I am exactly, but I know for a fact that I'm going back to maybe where the market starts. How are you? Good.
Yeah, I don't know if I'm I'm getting this right or I'm getting lost. Might use this one.
Let's risk it.
Inside the residential houses, they also have a uh >> people you know making pepees, selling things around here. You good?
>> Yeah. Salam.
>> Yeah.
It feels good being inside here.
>> Yo, how are you? What's your name? You speak English?
It's okay. It's okay. Don't sweat it.
>> What game is? Oh, they are playing a I don't This is an American game. I've seen a lot in the movie. I've never tried it, you know.
>> How are you?
>> How are you?
>> How do you go to the main road from here?
>> Main road.
this one.
>> Okay, thank you so much.
>> Yeah, >> okay. Thank you. Um, samosa.
>> They're selling samosa, but uh they said they don't have meat samosa like this man. Finding meat, you need to find it at the high-end restaurant because uh normally they are ve vegetarians. Yeah. They don't eat in it.
So if you see samosa is full of inside.
I don't know how is called in English.
Let me see.
Let me ask Mr. Goog.
>> Yo, what's the name of this game? What's the name of this game?
>> The name it's >> called How in Merk? Jotoni.
>> Joton.
>> Name of Jotoni.
>> Jotoni.
>> Yeah. Oh, okay.
>> Okay. 200 >> 200.
You love You love money so much.
>> How can I help you?
>> People do people live here in this market?
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Is this market name?
Marcato.
>> Marcato. People live here.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> Oh, okay. So, are they renting or they own the home?
>> What? What >> they are renting? They pay per month.
>> They pay the houses per month.
>> Per month. Yeah. Per month. How much per month?
>> Per month.
>> How much money? Money.
>> Money >> to live here.
>> Beer. How much?
>> Not the game.
>> Why?
>> No. Like >> 200.
>> If I wanted to live in this house, I pay how much?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. Thank you. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much. What's your name?
>> Yeah. Charu. Charu.
>> Charu.
>> Yeah.
>> Charu. That's Amher or >> Amhara.
>> Amhara. Thank you so much. Okay.
No. Finished. Finished.
They're looking.
>> Okay.
These boys, they need money. They are playing the game. I don't even remember the name. They just told me the game is called. Yeah. I think I'm going back to the >> Yeah, I'm exploring the area. Marat, people live here. How much is rent per month?
>> To Yeah. To rent a house to live here.
>> This way.
>> Oh, this way. Okay, thank you. Uh, by the guy didn't understand what I was asking for. They are repairing clothes, you know. How are you? You good?
>> Yeah. People live in this area actually.
How are you? You good? Speak English.
Oh, okay. I thought he speaks English.
He looks westernized.
You good?
Uh, yeah. There are actually flowers here. They have planted flowers. The area looks nice and amazing.
Yeah, boys.
This felt good. This is one of my best experience in Ethiopia so far.
You know, this is a club. There are clubs inside.
You know, I don't know.
How are you speak English?
>> Yeah.
>> Very nice. Thank you. What's your name?
>> Abuki.
>> Abuki. People live in this area. Um rent house. How much is it per month?
>> Okay.
>> I think uh this is a main road.
This >> I think there's a guy who speaks English. I don't know what they are saying. Don't understand a single word.
>> Hi Omar.
>> How are you? Speak English.
>> I don't know English.
>> You don't know English?
>> It's going to be hard for us to have a conversation. I am huh I don't know English completely >> completely but you understand what I say >> very nice if someone wants to live in this area >> how much is the rent per month >> to have a house >> monthly >> man >> how much 5,000 >> 5,000 beer >> beer >> Ethiopian beer >> Ethiopian beer >> that's like 4,000 Kenyan shillings >> do that >> oh it's not too much >> it's affordable to live here right Right.
>> Oh, thank you so much.
>> I appreciate man for the information.
Amazing. You're such an amazing guy. Uh guys, um to live here, the rent ranges for at 5,000. I'm not pretty sure that's true because we were not really understanding each other. But uh this was one of the most experience best experience I've had in Adis since I got here.
Haz police station. Oh yeah. Yeah. I entered on that entrance when we came. So the place we were we we were supposed to meet to meet was on this side and that's where I'm going to stand and tell them I'm there so that we can leave.
This was the best experience so far. So let me know in the comment section what do you think about Marcato Market. This is the biggest open air market in Africa. And you see how it looks like inside. Actually, I won't like to call it a slam. It's a residential area as well for people, let's call it less fortunate people affordable. Imagine the rent is 5,000.
That's like 4,000. I I don't think it's that expensive because normal an apartment here can cost up to uh one bedroom or two bedroom can cost up to 7,000 beer or 10,000 beer. Imagine a two-bedroom apartment in a very nice area. So here it's very cheap. I intend to believe so. I tend to believe that I'm going to tell this guy.
Yo, boy. Uh, I'm back at the place where you left me. Please come and meet me here. It's where I am. Okay.
Yeah.
So, guys, uh, this is where I bought water. The water that I I forgot at the place I took coffee.
And I'm going to have to buy another one because I can't go back. So, I hope you enjoyed this video. Please like the video. Uh, leave your thought in the comment section. And, uh, much love and God bless you. This is Assad and we've had an Assad experience. Right.
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