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The 2005 proclamation and 2008 inscription, the state of practice in Nigeria and the diaspora, commercialisation and the online problem, and what a curious outsider should and should not do.
The river orisa of Osogbo, the seventeenth of the orisa sent to earth and the one whose exclusion made the work fail, the founding covenant of a town, and the largest surviving Yoruba festival.
The Efe and Gelede masked spectacle of the western Yoruba, what it says about women's spiritual power, why it is one of the most conceptually sophisticated things in the tradition, and its UNESCO inscription.
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.
The sacred grove that is a UNESCO World Heritage site, the founding covenant behind it, and the Ìbọ̀lọ̀ and Epo towns of the Ọ̀yọ́ frontier: Ìwó, Èdè, Ìkirun, Ìlá-Ọ̀ràngún and their neighbours.
A comprehensive scholarly history of Òṣogbo, examining its founding covenant, the Ataoja dynasty, the decisive 1840 battle, its twentieth-century artistic renaissance, and the sacred grove.
A comprehensive history of Ìdànrè, examining its hilltop origins from Ilé-Ifẹ̀, dynastic succession, political institutions, cultural festivals, colonial encounter, and twentieth-century relocation to the plains.
The life, academic scholarship, spiritual office, and global cultural impact of Wande Abimbola, the pioneer of academic Ifa literary studies and Awise Awo Agbaye.
An exhaustive scholarly account of the annual Ọ̀ṣun-Òṣogbo festival, its foundational origin traditions, liturgical stages, ritual offices, conservation challenges, and scholarly debates.
A scholarly account of the annual ten-day Ṣàngó Festival in Ọ̀yọ́, examining its liturgical calendar, priestly offices, historical origins, theological schisms, and modern global heritage status.
A comprehensive scholarly examination of Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ masquerade performance, its cosmological veneration of female mystical power, ritual structure, iconography, origin traditions, and contemporary heritage status.