Aro Confederacy

Aro Confederacy Omu Aro
1640–1902
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Capital	Arochukwu
Common languages	Igbo Ibibio Ekoi Ijaw Efik and others
Government	Constitutional monarchy
Historical era	Early modern
• Established	1640
• Disestablished	1902
Currency	Manillas Cowry shells Slaves
Preceded by Succeeded by Aro people Colonial Nigeria
Today part of	Nigeria Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Gabon

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The Aro Confederacy (1640–1902) was a political union orchestrated by the Aro people, an Igbo subgroup, centered in Arochukwu in present-day southeastern Nigeria. The Aro Confederacy kingdom was founded after the beginning of the Aro-Ibibio Wars. Their influence and presence was all over Eastern Nigeria, lower Middle Belt, and parts of present-day Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Arochukwu Kingdom was an economic, political, and an oracular center as it was home of the Ibini Ukpabi oracle, High Priests, the Aro King Eze Aro, and central council (Okpankpo). The Aro Confederacy was a powerful and influential political and economic alliance of various Igbo-speaking communities in southeastern Nigeria.^{[citation needed]} It emerged during the 17th century and played a significant role in the region until the late 19th century.^[1]