Talk:Aro Confederacy

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Geographic Reach

I have never read or come across any information that suggests that the Aro Confederacy (limited to southeast Nigeria in most convenitional history books) had any influence in Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea. I believe this needs to be removed.

It was said to they had 300 communities in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea

It is cited in a deleted source. Some Igbos were great travellers though and it could be assumed that the Aro business had little present in Cameroon and perhaps Equatorial Guinea (Igbo is a common language there) during pre-Colonial times. Some Aro historians also say so.

formal native name

What did the Aros call their confederacy in their own language? I assume that Igbo was the "language of state" in this instance. Most publications call this entity the "Aro Confederacy" or "Arochukwu Confederacy" or "Arochukwu Empire". I know that Arochukwu means "Spear of Chukwu"/"Spear of God" (cool name by the way). But was there a word for confederacy in igbo that was used back then.

In the Ashanti Empire, the real name of the state was Asanteman (Asante Union). I think in the Mali Empire it was Manden Kurufa (Manden Federation).

Any chance y'all can help me out on the Aro Confederacy?

Thanks in advance Scott Free (talk) 19:44, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Scott

That is a good question. "Umu" can mean children or union. Umu Aro means children of Arochukwu and union of Aro people. There is another word for union, pact, and etc in Igbo. Sorry for the late response. Thank you for your compliment and good work.

--LIL T (talk) 05:33, 25 January 2010 (UTC)----LIL T

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"Flag"

Aro confederacy "flag" is from where, exactly? HiddenHistoryPedia (talk) 13:57, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

Exactly, where does this flag come from. I've searched and all it links is back to the Wikipedia upload of this image on wiki commons. If it has no source, it should be removed. To me, it looks like something self created and self published. Dolpina (talk) 19:09, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Evidence for Equatorial guniea and gabon

Anyone who has a detailed study on this? Cant seem to find it ~2025-43480-89 (talk) 19:03, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

No sources cited. Removed. Dolpina (talk) 19:11, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Doubting the historical nature of the "flag"

The image leads me back to the self upload by the user who uploaded it to wikicommons. No source is listed and I can't find anything of such flag as an historical flag. Someone has asked mknths ago.

Other African content interest Wikipedians can check this out.

@Kwesi Yema @Kowal2701 Dolpina (talk) 19:23, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

I'd just remove it, can't find anything. Fan-made flags are unfortunately very common Kowal2701 (talk, contribs) 20:44, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Thought as much. Dolpina (talk) 00:09, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

Likely fake. The image on commons has no reliable source to back it up. Couldn't find anything tangible online either. Kwesi Yema (talk) 04:01, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

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