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Art and Oracle: A Scholarly Resource of African and Rituals of Divination | Explore & Learn | The Metropolitan ... (1104 words) |
 | On the eve of an epic crisis involving combat against a formidable enemy, the Igala, its appearance before Esigie and his troops was interpreted by his diviners as a portent of a devastating outcome. |
| Under Esigie's command, the Benin army went on to defeat the Igala and further expand the kingdom's sphere of influence. |
| It was expanded by Esigie to include references to his victory over the Igala as a specific case illustrating the power of the oba to prevail over natural and supernatural forces that affect humankind. |
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