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

The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...

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 ...

It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war. The origins of ...

A team of researchers led by UC Santa Cruz recently released a sophisticated new map that reveals, for the first time, the unique “geologic fingerprints” for most of the African continent. The map ...