Ṣàwárí

How Yorùbá armies were organised and commanded, from the mounted nobility of Old Ọ̀yọ́ to the achieved war-chief ladders of the nineteenth-century successor states, and how campaigns were recruited, supplied and fought.

A comprehensive scholarly history of Ẹdẹ from its origin as an Ọ̀yọ́ military outpost at Ẹdẹ-Ilé through its nineteenth-century relocation, dynastic lineage, institutions, and modern transformation.

A comprehensive historical examination of the founding, political development, military role, dynastic institutions, and colonial transformation of the Yoruba city of Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́.

A comprehensive historical account of Ìsẹ́yìn, examining its hunter-led founding traditions, the Àsèyìn dynastic lineage, imperial Ọ̀yọ́ integration, the 1916 anti-colonial rising, and its enduring role as a textile capital.

A comprehensive historical examination of the northern Yoruba frontier kingdom of Ṣakí, tracing its dual founding traditions, royal dynastic structure, imperial role within Ọ̀yọ́, and modern evolution.

A comprehensive history of Ìgbòho, from its establishment as the sixteenth-century fortified exile capital of the Ọ̀yọ́ Empire through its institutional, military, and chieftaincy evolution to the modern era.

A comprehensive history of Ìlọrin, tracing its origins from an Ọ̀yọ́ frontier settlement to an Islamic emirate, its political institutions, dynastic succession, and modern transformation.

A comprehensive scholarly history of Ìlàrọ̀, examining its Oyo frontier origins, the martial tradition of Oronna, imperial administration, dynastic succession, colonial encounter, and contemporary civic institutions.

The career of the Oyo imperial general whose rebellion at Ilorin accelerated the disintegration of the empire and led to the creation of the Ilorin Emirate.

A historical, linguistic, and socio-religious examination of the western Yorùbá subgroup formerly known as Ẹ̀gbádò and officially redesignated as Yewa in 1995.

An examination of the Ìbọ̀lọ́ subgroup of the Yorùbá, detailing their historical geography as an Old Ọ̀yọ́ province, dialectal classification, political institutions, and distinctive ritual practices.

A comprehensive scholarly study of the Ifọ̀nyìn subgroup, examining their territorial division across the Nigeria-Benin border, their origins under Old Ọyọ hegemony, their distinct political and religious institutions, and their dialectal classification.