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Ìyá as a status and a philosophical category, the world's highest twinning rate and what the Yoruba built on it, what infertility actually costs a woman, àbíkú and the medical evidence behind it, and the ìyá abiye who delivered the children.
The Yoruba deity of the Ogun River, maternal fertility, and fresh waters, tracing her West African riverine cult, priesthood, and transatlantic transformation into an oceanic sovereign.
A comprehensive analysis of Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí's foundational critique of gender universality, her thesis on seniority in pre-colonial Ọ̀yọ́-Yorùbá society, and the major scholarly debates surrounding her work.
An analysis of Yoruba infant soothing verse, maternal lullabies, and twin praise songs within oral literary and ethnomusicological traditions.