1. The Yoruba and their Homeland
2. The Primacy of Ife
3. The Rise of Oyo
4. Kingdoms of the East: Ijesha, Ekiti, Igbomina, Owo and Ondo
5. Kingdoms fo the West: Ketu, Shabe, and Dassa
6. Kingdoms fo the South: Ijebu, Egba, Egbado, and Lagos
7. The Traditions Reviewed
8. An Oba and his People
9. War
10. The Decline and Fall of Old Oyo
11. The Wars and the New States
12. On the Threshold of Nigeria.