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Ilé-Ifẹ̀ between roughly the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, its sculpture in copper alloy and terracotta, the industries that paid for it, and its relationships with Benin, Ọ̀wọ̀ and the Niger.
How Fon and Ewe Vodún relates to Yoruba orisa tradition, why Vodún is its own system and not Yoruba religion renamed, what Fa and Ifa share and where they diverge, and the Ketu corridor that carried both across the Atlantic.
The figure credited in tradition with founding both Ọ̀yọ́ and the second Benin dynasty, what the traditions say, where they conflict, and why the stone monolith bearing his name cannot date him.
The island town with three overlapping origins, its Àwórì land-owning chiefs, its Benin-derived kingship, the 1851 bombardment and 1861 cession, and the Brazilian quarter the returnees built.
The Yoruba country that faced Benin, its female kingship at Ondó, the Ọ̀wọ̀ ivories that link Ifẹ̀ and Benin, and the Ugbo claim to have owned Ilé-Ifẹ̀ before Odùduwà.
The historical development of Lagos Èkó from its Awori foundations and Benin dynastic origins to its institutional structures, royal succession, and nineteenth-century political transformation.
A comprehensive scholarly history of the eastern Yoruba kingdom of Ọ̀wọ̀, examining its foundation traditions, archaeological record, political institutions, cultural ties to Benin, and modern political developments.
A comprehensive scholarly history of the eastern Yoruba kingdom of Àkúrẹ́, tracing its founding traditions, dynastic evolution, Benin and Ibadan entanglements, governance structures, and modern status.
A comprehensive history of the Yoruba kingdom of Kétu, covering its founding traditions from Ilé-Ifẹ̀, dynastic succession, political institutions, conflicts with Dahomey, colonial partition, and contemporary cultural legacy.
The political, dynastic, and institutional history of the western Yoruba kingdom of Sábẹ́ from its contested origins to the modern Republic of Benin.
An exhaustive scholarly analysis of Olókun, examining divine domains of deep waters and bead wealth, mythological contests, regional gender divergences, and Afro-Atlantic transformations.
A comprehensive scholarly reference on Ọ̀ràǹmíyàn, examining his theological domains, royal historiography, ritual titles, priesthood structures, monuments, and transatlantic diaspora divergence.
The history, mathematical structure, liturgical divergence, and contemporary institutionalization of the Fon, Gun, and Mina divination system known as Fá in the Republic of Benin.
A comprehensive scholarly study of the Sábẹ́ subgroup of the Yorùbá, examining their history, political structures, dialect, religious practices, and cross-border geography.
A comprehensive scholarly study of the Ìdàáṣà Yorùbá subgroup of central Benin, examining their frontier history, inselberg topography, political institutions, linguistic distinctiveness, and sacred traditions.
An analytical history of the Ọ̀hòrí Yoruba subgroup, their wetland ecology, confederate political institutions, dialectal classification, anti-colonial resistance, and ritual traditions.
A comprehensive historical, linguistic, and institutional reference on the Ìṣàbẹ̀, a western Yorùbá subgroup situated across the central borderlands of Benin Republic and western Nigeria.
A scholarly delineation of Yorùbá cultural, linguistic, and artistic boundaries against neighbouring Edo, Itsekiri, Owo, and Nupe traditions.