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The figure Yoruba dynasties descend from, held simultaneously as a creation divinity, a migrating conqueror, and an ancestor, sometimes as female, and now as the name of a political identity.

How many practitioners there actually are and why nobody knows, the real relationship with Christianity and Islam including genuine syncretism, Susanne Wenger and the Osogbo grove, the Ooni and traditional authority, and the return-to-tradition movement.

The Ọ̀ọ̀ni lineage from Adéṣọjí Adérẹ̀mí to Adéyẹyè Ògúnwùsì, Aláàfin Lámídì Adéyẹmí III, the Aláké, the Awùjalẹ̀ Ṣikirú Adétọ́nà, the Ọba of Lagos, and how the office of ọba actually works in modern Nigeria.

The city the Yoruba world treats as its origin point, its Ọ̀ọ̀ni institution and ruling houses, its quarters, its groves and sacred sites, the Ọ̀rànmíyàn staff, and the Modáké̩ké̩ question.

A scholarly historical account of Ilé-Ifẹ̀, examining its cosmogonic traditions, political centralisation, sacred institutions, archaeological record, and modern developments.

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.

The premier annual sacred kingship and religious festival in Ilé-Ifẹ̀, celebrating the deity Ògún, the creation of the cosmic order, and the renewal of the Ọ̀ọ̀ni's divine mandate.

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.