Amawom is a town in Oboro, Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria.
[7] Amawom is made up of 10 villages namely; Mgbaja, Agbommiri, Umuobia, Mbachukwu, Umuokom, Mbakamanu, Mbaisara, Aga, Amaya and Aruamaeke.
In the pre-colonial days when there were still vast unoccupied lands in different areas, people migrated from one location to another in search of better conditions of living.
Such conditions aforementioned necessitated the migration of the present inhabitants of Amawom from their previous locations.
It is said that at a point in time, a member of one of the nuclear families in Olori called Igbo Nwanyi owned a cow.
They noticed however that each time the cow returned, it carried white clay (nzu) on its legs.
This reflects the location of the village acting as the water receptacle of the town (‘ndi mmiri na ebulatari aku’) as all waterfalls drain towards Agbommiri.
The people still maintain some links with their kinsmen at Ohokobe Ndume as they exchange visits during festivals.
He as a result of a minor misunderstanding arising from the inception of exalted beings to hold and control certain offices of serving their juju which he was against, left to settle somewhere which he located at Ukpom Bende where he had old friends who previously occupied the town before him.
They later continued their journey leaving majority of their relatives at Ukpom Bende and finally settling at Amawom.
According to their customs, the hamlets share their rites commonly in order of merit in their activities holding in Amawom.
Among the cultural heritage of Amawom people is the Ekpe festival which has its climax at the beheading of a goat with one stroke of a matchet by a masquerade.
They have enough farmland in which they cultivate to produce different kinds of food such as garri, melon, yam, maize, cocoyam, pumpkin, cocoa, plantain, banana, palm oil, timber and many others which are sold at cheap prices.
When all these items are sold in their daily market which starts at 4pm and closes by 7pm, it yields a lot of revenue for the Amawom people.
Amawom is blessed with different kinds of natural resources such as good drinking water, farmland, economic trees, wildlife, forests etc.
The oracles in Amawom are Ogwuma, Ahia Njoku, Ala Isi Ama etc.
Presently, the central working committee has a cabinet in which there are representatives from each village, age grade, Ndi-Nkwo-Ukwu and the youth.
In political matters, it is not autocratic rather it is democratic because people are allowed to air their views before a decision is taken.
They also intermarry with other neighboring villages, because of this they settle their disputes amicably for being related by blood in one way or the other.