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How this project works, who owns what, where the money comes from, and what it will not do. Written for a reviewer, a librarian or a scholar deciding whether to trust it.
Ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ (ee-kpee-leh-sheh) means foundation, the originating ground. Not a charitable foundation: a structural one.
A sourced reference work on Yorùbá culture, history and thought. Every claim carries a citation. Where the record is contested, it is shown as contested. Where knowledge belongs to initiates, we say so and stop.
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These figures are read off the repository at build time rather than typed, so the page cannot drift away from what the corpus actually holds.
Seven documents. Each one states a commitment plainly enough that it can be checked against the corpus.
About the project
Why this exists, who it is for, and what it refuses to be.
Governance and ownership
Who owns what, how the entity is structured, and where incorporation actually stands.
Sourcing policy
How material gets into the corpus, and what it takes to keep it there.
Licensing and reuse
What you may do with the corpus, the data and the software, and how to cite it.
Corrections and takedowns
How to report an error, how to report a handling problem, and what happens next.
Funding and sustainability
Where the money comes from, and what the project will not do for it.
Contact
How to reach the project, and what to expect when you do.
One REST API is the source of truth for all three, so nothing is duplicated at the data layer. What differs is who each one is written for.
The platform: the corpus, the explorers, the dictionary, names, learning, and Amòye embedded.
The organisation: these pages. Methodology, governance, rights, sourcing, funding and corrections.
Amòye on its own. The same guide the platform embeds, over the same API.