Ebiama: The Gloryland

In Ijawland, the birth of a child is greeted with joy and excitement. The birth of Ebiama is not an exception, as it is celebrated, especially because he was born on the same day as the creation of Ebiama. The father, who could not contain his joy, named his son Ebiama, which means “The Gloryland.”.

Life in the rural area was uncomfortable for Ebiama’s father, Ebitmi, a great fisherman by occupation. Dissatisfied, he seeks a better life in the city, where he believes his nativity will be an instant door opener to wealth and abundance. Ebiama gets a scholarship to study at a secondary school in Gbati.

Ebiama returns to his hometown, Emideweri, after school, where he works as an assistant on his mother’s farm. There, he discovers the novelty of the black gold crude oil. That discovery became the genesis of many sad tales for Ebiama and his family, precipitated by an unscrupulous uncle, Ebimo.