Osogbo, Oyo State, Nigeria: A.P.I. Production, (1989). First edition - Presents selections from Odu Ifa concerning Obatala, the Yoruba God of creativity and arch-divinity.The author is a Yoruba and Nigerian writer, poet, author, linguist, and an Ifa priest, who has been recognized for his pursuit of the preservation of Yoruba culture and heritage. Illustrated, notes, glossary. 90 pp. ISBN: 0-916299082.

New York: Orchard Books, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A retelling of the story 'Oluronbi' in "Yoruba Legends" by M. I. Ogumefu, published in 1929 - a story which echoes that of Rumpelstiltskin. Colorfully illustrated with acrylic and collage paintings by Holly C. Kim (her first children's book.) Large format, unpaginated. Reinforced binding. ISBN: 0-531086607.

Seattle: University of Washington Press, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The use and production of cloth in Bunu (Yoruba) society in central Nigeria from 1900 to the present, and the traditions associated with that cloth. The title refers to a Yoruba saying that 'Cloth only wears, it does not die." Illustrated with 8 full color photographic plates and many black and white photographs, as well as figures and maps. . Notes, glossary, bibliography, index. 269 p. ISBN: 0-295-973927.

London: Faber & Faber, (1964). The second novel by this Nigerian author, who based his books on Yoruba folktales and traditions. First published in 1954, this tells the story of a small boy who wanders into the heart of a wild and grotesque African forest, where he is captured by ghosts, buried alive and wrapped up in spider webs. With a foreword by Geoffrey Parrinder. 174 pp.