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Oríkì & Oral Memory
Explore praise poetry, oral memory, identity, history, and the ways knowledge is carried across generations.
Explore Oríkì →RESEARCH & KNOWLEDGE
Resources for Understanding Yoruba Royal Heritage.
Explore research, oral traditions, interpretive writing, field documentation, and knowledge materials developed as RHMO works to document and share the histories and living heritage of Yorubaland.
Our Knowledge Work
Research That Begins With Evidence.
RHMO's resources grow from the same work that underpins the museum: research, documentation, oral history, community engagement, and responsible interpretation.
As the institution develops, this space will bring together materials that help researchers, educators, students, heritage professionals, communities, and the wider public engage with Yoruba royal history and cultural memory.
“Document carefully. Interpret responsibly. Share knowledge with context.”
Explore the Collection
Research & Interpretive Resources
Some resources are already available across the museum website; others will be added as RHMO's documentation and research programmes develop.
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Oral Traditions
Learn about RHMO's approach to documenting oral histories, indigenous knowledge, community memory, and living voices.
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Yoruba Royal Heritage
Discover the institutions, places, objects, traditions, and historical knowledge that form part of RHMO's documentation scope.
Explore Collections →04
Monarchies & Historical Context
Follow RHMO's developing documentation of Yoruba royal institutions, beginning with its work in Oyo State.
Explore Monarchies →05
Field Documentation
Follow the museum's developing fieldwork and geographic documentation through the Touring Map.
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Living Heritage
Consider heritage not only as historical evidence, but through the practices, knowledge, places, and communities that continue to sustain it.
Explore Living Heritage →For Researchers & Educators
A Growing Knowledge Base.
RHMO is developing a research and knowledge environment that can support scholarship, teaching, public learning, heritage practice, and future digital access.
Future materials may include research papers, publications, field reports, educational resources, conference materials, curated documentation, and other approved heritage resources.
Research Papers
Scholarly and institutional research will be added as materials are developed and cleared for publication.
Publications
Books, catalogues, essays, reports, and other publications may form part of the growing archive.
Educational Materials
Resources designed to support learning and public understanding of Yoruba heritage.
Lectures & Conferences
Selected knowledge-sharing activities and institutional events can be documented here over time.
Looking Ahead
Building an Accessible Heritage Knowledge Base.
RHMO's digital platforms will continue to develop alongside field research and documentation. The aim is to make carefully contextualised heritage knowledge easier to discover while respecting source communities, cultural ownership, attribution, and responsible access.
Research & field documentation
Digital archive development
Curated publications & reports
Educational and public resources
Research With RHMO
Have a Research Enquiry or Resource to Share?
Researchers, educators, institutions, communities, and heritage professionals can contact RHMO about research collaboration, documentation, resources, or related enquiries.
Contact RHMO