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Aro, Igbo-ibibio Relations by Probz(m): 9:35pm On Nov 11, 2017
Anyone have the history behind the indigenes of Aro(chukwu) and how the people eventually became Igbo?

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Re: Aro, Igbo-ibibio Relations by Probz(m): 9:13am On Nov 16, 2017
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Re: Aro, Igbo-ibibio Relations by RedboneSmith(m): 5:48pm On Nov 16, 2017
The Uruan subgroup of the Ibibios were there first. Then the Igbo under Eze Agwu came next. The Igbo clashed with the Ibibios and brought an Edda native doctor Oke Nnachi to make war medicine for them. The Edda doctor in turn recruited the Akpa mercenary warriors under the command of Akuma Nnubi. After the war which expelled the Ibibios (except for a small remnant that integrated into the new emerging Aro society) Akuma became king, but after a while, the kingship passed from the Akuma (Akpa) line to the Oke Nnachi (Edda) line.

This is the summary of a complicated foundation tradition that has many versions. If Odumchi is still here he may have a thing or two to add or correct. He is a son of the soil.

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Re: Aro, Igbo-ibibio Relations by Probz(m): 7:19pm On Nov 16, 2017
RedboneSmith:
The Uruan subgroup of the Ibibios were there first. Then the Igbo under Eze Agwu came next. The Igbo clashed with the Ibibios and brought an Edda native doctor Oke Nnachi to make war medicine for them. The Edda doctor in turn recruited the Akpa mercenary warriors under the command of Akuma Nnubi. After the war which expelled the Ibibios (except for a small remnant that integrated into the new emerging Aro society) Akuma became king, but after a while, the kingship passed from the Akuma (Akpa) line to the Oke Nnachi (Edda) line.

This is the summary of a complicated foundation tradition that has many versions. If Odumchi is still here he may have a thing or two to add or correct. He is a son of the soil.

I see. And what about those Aro communities scattered across Igboland (aka not just Arochikwu)? Birds of the same feather?
Re: Aro, Igbo-ibibio Relations by RedboneSmith(m): 7:25pm On Nov 16, 2017
Probz:


I see. And what about those Aro communities scattered across Igboland (aka not just Arochikwu)? Birds of the same feather?

They were founded by traders from Arochukwu.

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