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Who actually practises Yoruba medicine, how the specialisms divide, how a practitioner is trained and how long it takes, and how expertise is checked among practitioners themselves rather than by any outside body.

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.

The historical development, functional boundaries, and colonial transformations of the babaláwo, oníṣègùn, adáhunṣe, and related Yoruba healing specialists.

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.