Table of contents
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⑂ 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)
- 2 Historical Kings
- 3 The Kings Of Oyo Igboho
- 4 A Succession Of Despotic And Short-Lived Kings
- 5 Basorun Gaha And His Atrocities, His Fall, And Abiodun’s Peaceful Reign
Third Period — Revolutionary Wars and Disruption (Aole to Oluewu)
- 6 The Revolution
- 7 The Rise Of The Fulanis To Power
- 8 The Consequences Of The Revolution In The South
- 9 Further Development Of The Anarchy
- 10 The Spread Of Anarchy And _ Political Displacements
- 11 The Revolution In The Epo Districts
- 12 Wars For The Consolidation And Balance Of Power Between Ibadans, Egbas And Ijebus
- 13 The Last Of Katunga The Great Metropolis And The End Of A Dynasty
- 14 The Interregnum
Fourth Period — Arrest of Disintegration, Inter-tribal Wars, the British Protectorate (Atiba to Adeyemi)
- 15 The New City And New Government ⑂
- 16 A Series Of Fratricidal Wars
- 17 Subjugation Of The Ijesas And Ekitis By The Ibadans—Some Important Episodes—Social Reform At Ibadan
- 18 A Glorious End And The Gory Dawn Of Two Reigns—The Ijaye War
- 19 Sequels Of The Ijaye War
- 20 The Closing And The Opening Careers Of Two Heroes
- 21 Two Administrations Of Opposite Policies
- 22 A New Reign And Evil Prognostications
- 23 The Commencement Of The 16 Years’ War
- 24 Conflicts In The North
- 25 Ibadan At Its Extremity—Bloody Strifes
- 26 Failures At Reconciliation
- 27 A Rift In The Clouds
- 28 The Rev. J. B. Wood And The A.O.K
- 29 The Intervention Of The British Government
- 30 Dispersal Of The Combatants By Special Commissioners
- 31 Disturbance In Every Part Of The Country
- 32 Abortive Measures To Terminate The War
- 33 The Dark Before The Dawn
- 34 The End Of The War
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