Mutanen Aro ko Arowa wani ƙaramin yanki ne na ƙabilar Ibo wanda ya samo asali daga masarautar Arochukwu a cikin jihar Abia ta yanzu, Najeriya . Hakanan ana iya samun Aroswa a cikin wasu ƙauyuka kimanin 250 galibi a yankin kudu maso gabashin Najeriya da yankunan da ke kusa da su. Arowa a yau an lasafta su a matsayin Inyamurai na Gabas ko Kuros Ribas saboda wurinsu, asalinsu, al'adunsu, da yare. Allahnsu, Chukwu Abiama, shine babban jigon kafa ƙungiyar hadin gwiwar Aro a matsayin yankin yanki a yankin Niger Delta da Kudu maso gabashin Najeriya a lokacin karni na 18 da 19. Tarihin Aros ya kasance kafin hijirar Igbo da kafuwar masarautar Arochukwu. Kafin ‘yan kabilar Igbo su fara zuwa yankin Aro a karni na 17, Ibibios ya zo ne daga yankin Benue da plateau ya kafa jihohi irin su Obong Okon Ita da Ibom yamma da Kuros Riba . Hijirar Ibo karkashin jagorancin Eze Agwu da Nnachi zuwa yankin Aro sun faro ne a tsakiyar karni na 17. Waɗannan 'yan ci-rani' yan kabilar Ibo sun yi tsayayya da ɗan asalin Ibibio.