‘Shut up; don’t address him as “mazi” yet,’ was an exclamatory rejection made by an elderly man to a younger man who had addressed a fellow middle-aged man sometime in the past as “mazi,” during a socio-cultural gathering at Amuvi, Arochukwu.

Then suddenly, a ‘boy’ of about eighteen years told his compeer-friend at Isimkpu village that henceforth he should be addressed as ‘mazi’ because of a reason he gave to the babe.

And just recently, a highly-placed, retired tutor-administrator and a socio-cultural activist in Arochukwu said openly while discussing with those around him one day that ‘A na etoru nna nta etoru n’ali Aro,’ and went ahead to warn that those who answer and abuse the title and have not done the ntoru to steer clear of the title ‘in their own interest.’

Based on the above controversy surrounding the use and abuse of the title and other incidentals, Aro News went in to ascertain from Aros who actually qualifies to bear and answer the title ‘mazi’ in Arochukwu as a bastion of Igbo trado-cultural heritage.

So, Aro News went to town and spoke to some Umu Aro on the issue; and below are excerpts from some of the respondents on the issue.


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