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The copper-alloy and terracotta sculpture of medieval Ilé-Ifẹ̀, how it was made, what it was probably for, the century of European refusal to credit Africans with making it, and where the objects are now.

A practical guide to the museums holding Yoruba art in Nigeria and abroad, what can be searched online and where, and a factual account of the restitution and provenance position as it stands.

A comprehensive scholarly survey of classical Ifẹ̀ terracotta sculptures, detailing their ceramic technology, archaeological contexts, stylistic duality, ritual interpretations, and museum provenance histories.

A comprehensive scholarly analysis of Yoruba twin memorial figures, their theological functions, carving techniques, stylistic regionalisms, museum histories, and contemporary restitution debates.

The monumental carved headdress tradition of northeastern Yorubaland, detailing its physical construction, workshop masters, ritual performance, museum provenance, and scholarly debates.

The sacred conical beaded crown of the Yoruba monarch, examining its physical construction, metaphysical architecture, constitutional status, and museum provenance.

Architectural and sculptural analysis of Yorùbá palace veranda posts, detailing monoxylous carving techniques, named master sculptors, indigenous aesthetic frameworks, and collection histories.

The organology, ensemble hierarchy, speech surrogacy, and sacred history of the Yorùbá bàtá drum across West African and transatlantic contexts.

An examination of Yoruba ceramic traditions, detailing technical processes, female potting lineages, ritual and domestic vessel typologies, documented master artists, archaeological chronologies, and debates surrounding provenance and restitution.

Archaeological, chemical, and historical evidence for primary glass manufacture and drawn bead production at Ilé-Ifẹ̀ between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries CE.

A scholarly analysis of classical Yorùbá architecture, examining courtyard compounds, palace complexes, structural carving techniques, archaeological chronologies, and museum restitution debates.

A comprehensive study of Yoruba Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ headdresses, examining their sculptural techniques, ritual appeasement of female spiritual power, named carving lineages, and museum provenance histories.

Construction methods, material stratigraphy, lineage ownership, and museum provenance debates surrounding Yoruba ancestral masquerade regalia.

An analysis of pre-colonial Yoruba jurisprudence, detailing the classification of offences, the institutional preference for restitution, mechanisms of banishment, capital sanctions, and the colonial transformation of customary criminal law.