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18 super amazing facts about #Calabar - Nigeria's Paradise City. No.15 & 17 will wow you!! 😮

1. The city was originally "Akwa Akpa" but renamed "Calabar" by Spanish slavers, a name which has remained till date.

#KnowCalabar Aerial view of Calabar, Cross River State
2. Has 3 kingdoms & 3 monarchs:
- Efik: Ruled by Obong of Calabar
- Qua: Ruled by Ndidem of Calabar, &
- Efut: Ruled by Muri munene of Calabar.

#KnowCalabar
3. Main ethnic group taken out of Calabar as slaves to Europe & America in 19th & 20th centuries - #Igbo (over 1.4 million, including the great writer/abolitionist Olaudah Equiano & John Jea).

#KnowCalabar

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_peop…
@obi_Nwosu Olaudah EquianoJohn Jea
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