The Unique Features of Calabar
Calabar, the host city of this Festival, is known for different things to different people. However, there are certain facts which remain true about the Canaan City. Here are a few things worth knowing about this beautiful city. • The first integrated business and leisure resort in Africa, Tinapa, is in Calabar • Calabar has the second tallest National flag to be hoisted in Africa • Calabar is home to an international slave trade museum • Calabar has been known to European Sailors as far back as the 15th century • It has an international sea port known to the world from the 16th century • Calabar was a major slave trade port between the late 17th to 19th century. • About thirty percent of the estimated 2.5 million slaves taken from Africa to the new world, passed through the Calabar sea port. • Calabar once served as the seat of Government of the Niger Coast Protectorate, Southern Protectorate and Oil River Protectorate. • Calabar has one of the earlie...
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