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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 oral artists are trained, which genres are open to whom, how gender divides the field, how performers are paid, and the named artists the scholarship documents.

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.