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Amauju is an autonomous community of Imo State in Southeastern Nigeria. The town is one of the make up of Imo State's Isu Local Government Area zoned to Orlu Senatorial Zone. The people of Amauju are totally of the Nigerian Ibo ethnic group that speaks Igbo language. The town was formerly part of Isunjaba autonomous community before Amauju attained the requirements that elevated it to the status of an autonomous community and people are just starting to know it as a competent town.
Amauju is situated in the middle of towns. Among close towns are Eziama, Amaigbo, Nkwerre, Owerre Nkworji, Amucha, Umundugba, Ekwe, and others. They all share the same cultural value and belief system. The annual highlight in the town is the Masquerade Ceremony (Okorosha). This ceremony often sees the return of those that hails from Amauju and its surroundings. The Masquerade Ceremony serves as a reunion for the people of Amauju and beyond, and it is also an appreciation to the cultural and ethnic value of our people. Other festivals we celebrate includes the New Yam Festival of the Ibo Land, the women dance group (Udodiri), and the annual August meeting. Amauju has an annual magazine publication called Ishi Ehi.
Among the villages in Amauju autonomous community include Umunaa, Umuokwararo, Umulolo, Umujika, Umunwebele, Umuezeiyi and others.
Among the prominent people that hail from Amauju includes Late Honorable Chief Emmanuel C. Ikemezie who single-handedly laid the foundation for the realization of the Amauju Autonomous Community.
Today, Amauju has a lot of educated people because of the groundwork laid by our fathers and grandfathers who saw education as an important tool in the society though most of them didn't get the opportunity to get the type of education our society needs while some of them sacrificed the opportunity they had inorder to make ways for their younger siblings to get education.