Art, identity, and identification : a commentary on Yoruba art historical studies / John Picton
Part one : Yoruba artistic tradition and creativity
Introduction : an African(?) art history : promising theoretical approaches in Yoruba art studies / Rowland Abiodun
Stylistic analysis and the identification of artists' workshops in ancient Ife / Frank Willett
Ifa trays from the Osogbo and Ijebu regions / Hans Witte
The Ulm Opon Ifa (ca. 1650) : a model for later iconography / Ezio Bassani
Anonymous has a name : Olowe of Ise / Roslyn Adele Walker
In praise of Metonymy : the concepts of "tradition" and "creativity" in the transmission of Yoruba artistry over time and space / Olabiyi Babalola Yai
Part two : the interplay of the arts in Yoruba culture
Introduction : in praise of artistry / John Pemberton III
Lagbayi : the itinerant wood carver of Ojowon / Wande Abimbola
The role of Oriki Orile and Itan in the reconstruction of the architectural history of the palace of Gbongan / Oba Solomon Babayemi, the Olufi of Gbongan
Polyvocality and the individual talent : three women Oriki singers in Okuku / Karin Barber
Drumming for the Egungun : the poet-musician in Yoruba masquerade theater / Akin Euba
Embodied practice/embodied history : mastery of metaphor in the performances of diviner Kolawole Ositola / Margaret Thompson Drewal
Part three : transactions, transitions, transformations
Introduction : Yoruba art and life as journeys / Henry John Drewal
Beyond aesthetics : visual activism in Ile-Ife / Michael D. Harris
The transformation of Ogun power : the art of Rufua Ogundele / Jutta Stroter-Bender
The three warriors : Atlantic altars of Esu, Ogun, and Osoosi / Robert Farris Thompson
Yoruba-American art : new rivers to explore / John Mason.
