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

Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic ... That’s despite ongoing social, political and environmental risks in countries such as Ivory Coast and Mozambique. South Africa and Nigeria, the region ...

It is the first bioavailable strontium isotope map to show predicted strontium isotope ratios across all of Sub-Saharan Africa. Strontium is an element present in bedrock and soil that comes in ...

and political risk, especially armed conflicts. Reducing risk should greatly improve the attractiveness of holding assets in sub-Saharan Africa and, therefore, raise domestic investment and saving ...