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The rulers of Ọ̀yọ́ from the height of the empire to its collapse and refounding, including Bàṣọ̀run Gàhá who ruled through them, the curse of Aláàfin Awólẹ̀, and the move to New Ọ̀yọ́ under Àtìbà.

The imperial capital in both its forms, the archaeology of the ruined city at Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé, the palace and wall systems, the Aláàfin institution and the constitutional check the Ọ̀yọ́ Mèsì exercised over it.

A comprehensive history of the Ọ̀yọ́ kingdom from its ancient origins at Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé and imperial consolidation to colonial bombardment and modern succession politics.

The political career, military rule, and historical debates surrounding Kurunmi of Ijaye, the supreme military commander of nineteenth-century Oyo.