Whether you are looking for good luck, spiritual protection, or answers to your illness and relationship problems, voodoo practitioners say the best place to go is the fetish market of Akodessewa, located in Lome, the capital city of Togo.

Thus, the Akodessewa Fetish Market or Marche des Feticheurs has thrived since it opened in the 17th century.

The voodoo practice says that every creature is potent and divine, whether dead or alive, and this is what you would find in the Akodessewa Fetish Market.

Essentially, the Akodessewa Fetish Market is, according to Atlas Obscura, “a kind of hospital or pharmacy – it is the place you go when you either cannot afford traditional treatment or traditional treatment has failed you.”

The large market comes with divided stalls and huts which are said to be the “consultation halls” of various traditional healers.