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The white orisa who moulds human bodies, the contested creation narrative in which Oduduwa takes his place, the palm wine story and what Ife devotees actually say about it, and the politics carried inside the itan.
The Yoruba four-day week and the orisa days, the annual festival cycle, and detailed treatment of Osun-Osogbo, Sango, Olojo, Itapa, Igogo, Agemo and Ojude Oba including their present condition under tourism.
A scholarly historical account of Ilé-Ifẹ̀, examining its cosmogonic traditions, political centralisation, sacred institutions, archaeological record, and modern developments.
An annual multi-day ritual reenactment in Ile-Ife dramatizing the primordial political conflict, exile, and reconciliation between the indigenous Obatala faction and the incoming Oduduwa dynasty.