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Why message does Unoka receive from the Oracle of Agbala? (chapter 3)

Why message does Unoka receive from the Oracle of Agbala? (chapter 3)

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When Okonkwo was young, his father Unoka went to Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves. He asked why he always had a miserable harvest, despite his prayers and offerings to the gods. The Oracle told him that the fault lay not in the gods, but in his laziness.