Eze Chima

This is a historical epic based on the oral history, folk tales and lore of AroChukwu. The hero, a young noble from the land of AroChukwu, journeyed to Ebeinu at the entreaty of the king of Ebeinu to the king of AroChukwu for assistance. AroChukwu had evolved as a foremost emergent civilization - the home of the first indigenous writing in West Africa, the center of trade and commerce, learning, religious pilgrimage, oracular divination and judicial arbitration East of the Niger Area and beyond. Chima went to Ebeinu where he wrought many perplexing superhuman feats, and helped the Ebeinu king, Oba Orhamenye tame the belligerent princes of the erstwhile Ogiso dynasty. Chima, at the persuasion of the Oba, married the princess, the only child of the Oba, and they sired Iweka, the successor to the Ebeinu throne after Oba Orhamenye. His lineage still hold sway in that realm. Chima left Ebeinu at the accomplishment of his assignment there. intent on going back home to AroChukwu. However, while he was leaving, more than half of the citizens of Ebeinu accompanied him out of ebeinu in a wave that could be regarded as a major exodus. Chima's sons established the component towns and communities of the sprawling UmuezeChima clan West of the Niger area. He also became the first monarch of Onicha, that great city by the River Niger.
About the Author: The Author: Chike Nwaka was educated at the elite Government College Afikpo, South East Nigeria. he also attended the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka and the University of Benin for his post graduate studies in Fine/Applied Arts. A writer, poet, artist, cartoonist and a former Newspaper columnist, he plays the guitar passably, composes songs and sings as a hobby. He was a Principal Lecturer at the famous Art School of the IMT, Enugu. He later joined the Federal Road Safety Commission where he held very top senior administrative and command positions, and retired as an Assistant Corps Marshal. The Book: "I will tell you only the truth about the land of Aro as it was handed down to us by our fathers...as preserved in our ageless folklore...Nuggets of truth securely kept in the universal memory store; tapped therefrom by our historian bards who...reveal them to the people in canticles of unrivaled melody, and in verses of unmatched poetry...even as they are manually recorded by our skilled chroniclers in our sacred Nsibiri scripts." "Many wonderous tales emerged after the battles - tales of the unrivaled prowess and invincibility of Chima in battle. Some asserted that he could multiply himself and appear in many places at the same time...to scatter the enemy."