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Ndi Igbo across the globe have concluded plans to celebrate the Igbo culture and language come October 11, 2025.
The event tagged, “The Igbo Worldwide Cultural Carnival 2025”, according to a statement released by the organisers, is not just a festival but a global project and a wake-up call to Ndi Igbo for their cultural and self-preservation.
The statement said, “The Igbo Worldwide Cultural Carnival is a movement, a rebirth and a call to action. This global project, based on the theme of ‘Homecoming,’ aims to protect, promote and bring back the Igbo language and culture for future generations.
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“If immediate action is not taken, UNESCO thinks the Igbo language could die out by 2050. This sobering truth is at the heart of the funfair. It aims at waking people up and making them more aware, proud and committed to protecting the Igbo heritage.”
The event, which is billed to take place in Lagos at Giwa Barracks, Alfred Riwane Road, Ikoyi, “is meant to help the younger generation, many of whom have lost touch with their cultural roots, history and language, to reconnect with them.”
The organisers lamented that, “the Igbo language is dying, which is bad for communication and the people’s unique way of seeing the world and their sense of community.
“The festival will be a cultural revolution that shows the Igbo people’s spirit of resilience, unity and hard work through acts, music, history, literature and community dialogue.
“The Igbo philosophy that language and culture are one and the same is at the heart of this carnival. Language is the way that history is passed down, and culture is the way that a group of people live, what they believe in and what they do.”
The organisers further noted that, “the carnival’s goal is to fill the gap in leadership and cultural transmission as many Igbo cultural icons slowly fade from view. And the younger generation are far away from their traditional roots and may not be able to carry the legacy handed to them. “Today’s youth need mentorship to imbibe the Igbo heritage, value, art, music and literature to carry the torch forward so as to set the Igbo communities on a global stage.”
