Our vision: Igbo must not go silent
Around 2006, UNESCO-linked language assessments and Nigerian linguists warned that Igbo was endangered: children were no longer receiving it as a first language in many homes. Popular retellings said the language could fade from daily life within about fifty years — often rounded to “2050”.
That date is a warning, not a death certificate. Igbo is still spoken by tens of millions. What is true is this: if parents stop speaking it, proverbs, songs and names die with the old people.
The Ndi Igbo Worldwide Cultural Carnival exists so that 2050 arrives louder, not quieter.
Who we are
Ndi-Igbo Worldwide Cultural Carnival is designed to resurrect in every Igbo person the love of heritage: visual arts, music, masquerade, dance, attire, cuisine, dialects and hospitality.
The 2026 edition is in Enugu State, 28–30 December, with the main public ground at Michael Okpara Square.
The people who convene it
Published on the official carnival site: Ikem Ume-Ezeoke (Chairman); Barthomley Okwidilichukwu, Chief Sir Nnamdi Nwigwe and Dr. Nwadiutor Iheakanwa (Directors); Evelyn Okere Onyung (Organizer); Anumudu Chimezie.
What you will actually see
Masquerade including Ijele where troupes are present. Atilogwu and other Igbo dances. Ogene, ekwe and oja. Highlife. Food of the land. Talk on language. Ticket prices appear only when the organisers publish them.
