British Aro Expedition

The Fall of Arochukwu: The Aro Confederacy as Nigeria’s Last Independent Kingdom Under British Rule in 1902

A thriving Confederation in southeastern Nigeria, its influence stretching across vast regions, fueled by trade, spirituality, and military might—this is the story of the Aro Confederacy, centered in Arochukwu, the last independent confederation and kingdom in Nigeria to fall to British colonial rule in 1902. From the 17th century, the Aro people, an Igbo subgroup,…