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"To the Igbo mentality art must, among other uses, provide ameans to domesticate that which is wild; it must act like the lightning conductor which arrests destructive electrical potentials and channels them harmlessly to earth. The Igbo insists that any presence which is ignored, denigrated, denied acknowledgement and celebration can become a focus for anxiety and disruption."