Calabar Carnival, also known as "Africa's Biggest Street Party" or the "Pride of Nigeria",[1] is an annual carnival held in Cross River State, Nigeria.The carnival holds every December and was declared by the governor Mr. Donald Duke as an activity to mark Christmas celebration yearly. He said his vision for creating the festival was to make Cross-River a home of tourism and hospitality in Nigeria and Africa. The quality of the festival has grown over the years making it Nigeria's biggest carnival and an internationally recognized festival.
It used to be a month-long event that begins on the 1st of December until Benedict Ayade reduced it to two weeks when he was elected. During the 2017 carnival, Governor Ayade said in his speech that the carnival is to showcase Africa as the richest continent and a blessed place where the young ones should be proud to belong.