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The decade or more of memorisation before initiation, the stages of entry, how knowledge is checked between practitioners, and the real disagreement about women in Ifá.

How Yoruba traditionalists organized themselves institutionally under the banner of Ìṣẹ̀ṣe, won civic recognition including a public holiday, and how the priesthood, urban space, and the ritual economy have adapted to city life and global demand.

An examination of female sacerdotal leadership, institutional authority, theological debates on gender, and the historical dispute surrounding the initiation of female Ifá diviners.

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

The distinct Yoruba ritual, medical and priestly occupations, what each is trained to do, what each may not do, and where they are commonly confused with one another.

An examination of female ritual, medical, and judicial offices in Yoruba tradition, focusing on the Iyanifa dispute, palace priesthoods, and botanical health systems.

A historical and structural analysis of Ifá divination, examining its relationship to trans-Saharan geomancy, regional adaptations across West Africa, colonial suppression, and transatlantic diaspora divergence.

A systematic delineation of distinct Yorùbá intellectual, liturgical, and therapeutic offices, separating Ifá diviners, herbal pharmacologists, deity-specific priests, spirit mediums, and female ritual titles often conflated in colonial and contemporary discourse.