While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

Scientific advances, initiatives, and injustices in Sub–Saharan Africa shape the Black diaspora through ancestry, migration, ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

This 1935 map of Africa is more than just a historical artifact—it’s a window into the past. As we unroll its fragile pages, we embark on a journey to understand Africa’s vast and varied ...

A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...

To develop the new map, Oelze and her team combined previously available strontium isotope data for parts of south and east Africa with data from Angola that the core team had published in 2023 ...