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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.

Ijẹ̀bú, Ẹ̀gbá, Èkìtì, Ìjẹ̀ṣà, Ondó, Ọ̀wọ̀, Kétu, Sábẹ̀, Ìbàdàn, Abẹ́òkúta and Lagos, each with its own institutions rather than as branches of Ọ̀yọ́.

The Yoruba country that faced Benin, its female kingship at Ondó, the Ọ̀wọ̀ ivories that link Ifẹ̀ and Benin, and the Ugbo claim to have owned Ilé-Ifẹ̀ before Odùduwà.

Sourced Yorùbá proverbs about riches, destitution, debt and the uses and limits of money, presented with the original, a literal gloss, a named translation, and the situation each is spoken in.

A comprehensive scholarly history of the eastern Yoruba kingdom of Ọ̀wọ̀, examining its foundation traditions, archaeological record, political institutions, cultural ties to Benin, and modern political developments.

An analysis of Rowland Abíọ́dún's scholarship, his indigenous linguistic paradigm for Yorùbá art history, and the debates surrounding his methodology.

An annual seventeen-day royal festival in Ọ̀wọ̀ commemorating Queen Ọ̀rọ́nsẹ̀n, characterized by iron gongs, the complete prohibition of drums, and cross-gender royal regalia.

An authoritative overview of the Ọ̀wọ̀ Yorùbá subgroup, examining their territorial settlements, origin traditions, linguistic structures, political institutions, and artistic traditions at the intersection of Yorùbá and Edo cultural spheres.

Royal and lineage oríkì for four eastern and central Yoruba kingdoms, including a rare text naming a specific carver rather than only royalty or warriors.

A scholarly delineation of Yorùbá cultural, linguistic, and artistic boundaries against neighbouring Edo, Itsekiri, Owo, and Nupe traditions.