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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 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.

An exhaustive scholarly account of the annual Ọ̀ṣun-Òṣogbo festival, its foundational origin traditions, liturgical stages, ritual offices, conservation challenges, and scholarly debates.