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The Odùduwà traditions and the versions that compete with them, the argument over migration versus indigenous development, and what excavation at Ilé-Ifẹ̀ has actually dated.

Ilé-Ifẹ̀ between roughly the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, its sculpture in copper alloy and terracotta, the industries that paid for it, and its relationships with Benin, Ọ̀wọ̀ and the Niger.

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.

The figure at the root of Yoruba dynastic claims, the several incompatible traditions about who or what Òdùduwà was, the conflict with Ọbàtálá at Ilé-Ifẹ̀, and what archaeology and historians can and cannot establish.

The narrative of the Ifẹ̀ woman who let herself be captured to learn the raiders' secret and paid for it with her only son, the Ugbo counter-tradition in which she is a traitor, and the confusion of Ugbo with Igbo that has caused lasting trouble.

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 cosmology, mythological narratives, priesthood structure, sacred geography, and Atlantic diaspora trajectories of Ọ̀rúnmìlà, the Yoruba divinity of wisdom and witness of destiny.

The Yoruba orisa of wealth, cowrie currency, and market commerce, examined through her rituals, priesthoods, scholarly debates over gender, and diaspora transformations.

The dual position of Odùduwà as primordial creator deity and ancestral progenitor of crowned Yorùbá monarchs, including historical debates, ritual offices, and Atlantic transformations.

The historical narrative, ritual memorialization, scholarly debates, and cultural legacy surrounding Queen Mọ̀remí of ancient Ilé-Ifẹ̀.

An examination of the life, scholarship, and theoretical contributions of Jacob Kẹ́hìndé Olúpọ̀nà, focusing on his analyses of sacred kingship, urban religious geography, and the global dimensions of Yorùbá religion.

An examination of the archaeological and historical scholarship of Akínwùmí Ògúndìran, focusing on his deep-time framework for Yorùbá history, material culture, and methodological debates.

The annual Yorùbá festival of Ifá divination, renewal of cosmological covenants, communal prognostication, and royal patronage.

An examination of the week-long festival commemorating the founder of the Oyo Empire, detailing its historical traditions, ritual officiants, performance genres, and modern institutionalization.

An annual multi-day ritual reenactment in Ile-Ife dramatizing the primordial political conflict, exile, and reconciliation between the indigenous Obatala faction and the incoming Oduduwa dynasty.

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.

Archaeological evidence, furnace typologies, blacksmith social status under Ogun, and hollow lost-wax casting metallurgy in the Yoruba region.

Archaeological, chemical, and historical evidence of primary glass synthesis and bead manufacture at Igbo Olókun in Ilé-Ifẹ̀ and its regional circulation.

A historical clarification untangling the distinct periods, geographical relocations, and state structures of classical Ife, Old and New Oyo, the Owu crisis, nineteenth-century Ibadan, and coastal Lagos.