Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Pokou bụ onye otu ndị otu egwuregwu mba Ivorian, onye bụ onye kachasị agba goolu ugboro abụọ na iko mba Afrịka, na-agba goolu isii na asọmpi ahụ.
Egwuregwu 1968 na Ethiopia na asatọ na mbipụta 1970 na Sudan, gụnyere 5 na otu egwuregwu megide Ethiopia, nke Ivory Coast meriri 6<unk>1. Ihe ngosi a mere ka a kpọọ ya "L'homme d'Asmara" (nwoke Asmara). N'iji goolu iri na anọ, ọ bụkwa onye nke abụọ kachasị gbaa goolu n'asọmpi ahụ, n'azụ Samuel Eto'o nke Cameroon, onye mere ihe ndekọ Pokou na asọmpi ACN nke 2008.