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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 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.

Four thousand years compressed into one pass, from the Niger-Benue confluence through Ifẹ̀ and Ọ̀yọ́ to the nineteenth-century wars, conquest and the present, with dating confidence marked throughout.

Ọbalúfọ̀n II Aláyẹmore, the Ifẹ̀ ruler credited with the introduction of brass casting and worshipped as patron of casters and weavers, and the copper mask that carries his name on an attribution made by a king in 1937.

An exhaustive scholarly analysis of Olókun, examining divine domains of deep waters and bead wealth, mythological contests, regional gender divergences, and Afro-Atlantic transformations.

Scholarly analysis of Olokun Seniade, the female-associated manifestation of the ocean deity linked to beadmaking, wealth, crown regalia, and sacred water priesthoods in Yoruba and Atlantic traditions.

A comprehensive scholarly reference on Ọ̀ràǹmíyàn, examining his theological domains, royal historiography, ritual titles, priesthood structures, monuments, and transatlantic diaspora divergence.

The historical queen, civic savior, and deified female ancestor of Ilé-Ifẹ̀ whose strategic espionage delivered the kingdom from raffia-clad raiders and whose covenant instituted the annual Edì festival.

An analysis of Rowland Abíọ́dún's scholarship, his indigenous linguistic paradigm for Yorùbá art history, and the debates surrounding his methodology.

The premier annual state ritual of Ilé-Ifẹ̀, commemorating the cosmogonic dawn of creation, renewing the covenant of the sacred monarchy, and venerating the divinity Ògún.

An annual seven-day ritual drama and civic purification festival in Ilé-Ifẹ̀ commemorating Queen Mọ̀remí Àjàsorò and expelling communal misfortune through the Tẹlẹ̀ scapegoat rite.

A comprehensive scholarly study of the Ifẹ̀ subgroup, examining their historical evolution from pre-dynastic settlements, linguistic features within Central Yorùbá, political institutions, material culture, and distinctive festival calendar.

A comprehensive scholarly study of the cast copper-alloy sculptures of ancient Ilé-Ifẹ̀, detailing their lost-wax metallurgical technique, dating, workshop attributions, functional debates, and collection histories.

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

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

The historical formation of the Yoruba orisa pantheon through political conquest, regional cult absorption, and the debate between euhemerist deification and primordial cosmology.

A scholarly delineation of Yorùbá cultural, linguistic, and artistic boundaries against neighbouring Edo, Itsekiri, Owo, and Nupe traditions.