The book — contents
⑂ marks chapters where alternative accounts are recorded.
Front Matter
Part I — The Country and its People
Part II — Yoruba Kings and Contemporary Events
First Period — Mythological Kings and Deified Heroes (Oduduwa to Ajaka)
Second Period — Growth, Prosperity and Oppression (Aganju to Abiodun)
- Historical Kings
- The Kings Of Ọ̀yọ́ Igboho
- A Succession Of Despotic And Short-Lived Kings
- Baṣọ̀run Gaha And His Atrocities, His Fall, And Abiodun’s Peaceful Reign
Third Period — Revolutionary Wars and Disruption (Aole to Oluewu)
- The Revolution
- The Rise Of The Fulanis To Power
- The Consequences Of The Revolution In The South
- Further Development Of The Anarchy
- The Spread Of Anarchy And _ Political Displacements
- The Revolution In The Epo Districts
- Wars For The Consolidation And Balance Of Power Between Ìbàdàns, Ẹ̀gbás And Ìjẹ̀bús
- The Last Of Katunga The Great Metropolis And The End Of A Dynasty
- The Interregnum
Fourth Period — Arrest of Disintegration, Inter-tribal Wars, the British Protectorate (Atiba to Adeyemi)
- The New City And New Government
- A Series Of Fratricidal Wars
- Subjugation Of The Ìjẹ̀ṣàs And Èkìtìs By The Ìbàdàns—Some Important Episodes—Social Reform At Ìbàdàn
- A Glorious End And The Gory Dawn Of Two Reigns—The Ìjàyè War
- Sequels Of The Ìjàyè War
- The Closing And The Opening Careers Of Two Heroes
- Two Administrations Of Opposite Policies
- A New Reign And Evil Prognostications
- The Commencement Of The 16 Years’ War
- Conflicts In The North
- Ìbàdàn At Its Extremity—Bloody Strifes
- Failures At Reconciliation
- A Rift In The Clouds
- The Rev. J. B. Wood And The A.O.K
- The Intervention Of The British Government
- Dispersal Of The Combatants By Special Commissioners
- Disturbance In Every Part Of The Country
- Abortive Measures To Terminate The War
- The Dark Before The Dawn
- The End Of The War
- The Establishment Of The British Protectorate
