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Strontium isoscape of sub-Saharan Africa allows tracing slave trade (2024)

Strontium isotope analysis can be applied to animal and plant tissues to help determine their provenance. Here, the authors generate a strontium isoscape of sub-Saharan Africa using data from 2266 environmental samples and demonstrate its efficacy by tracing the African roots of individuals from historic slavery contexts.

Sahel and West Africa - Atlas of Land Cover Maps - Strengthening resilience through services related to innovation, communication and knowledge- BRICKS (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan and Togo). We thank Stephen Dueppen, Matt Kroot, Sirio Canos-Donnay, Martijn Ter Heegde, Manasseh Eno-Nku, Joshua M. Linder, John Hart, Thurston Cleveland Hicks, Theophile Desarmeaux, Vianet Mihindou, Marcel Ketchen Eyong, Laura Kehoe, Lucy D’Auvergne, Els Ton, Luz Calia Miramontes Sequeiros, Theo Freeman, Emilien Terrade, Lilah Sciaky, Hilde Vanleeuwe, Jean Claude Dengui, Abel Nzeheke, Michael Masozera, Nicolas Ntare, Michael Kaiser, Henk Eshuis, Geoffrey Muhanguzi, Martha Robbins, Alhaji Malikie Siaka, Gwyneth Gordon, Pauline Wiessner, Curtis W. Marean, Ariel Anbar, Marc Stalmans, Greg Carr, the Rangers of Gorongosa National Park, Didier N’Dah, L. Llandu, Constantin Lubini, Musuyu Désiré Muganza, Jean Jacques Muyembe, Bryna Hull, Baba Ceesay, Hassum Ceesay, Lourenço Vaz Rodrigues, Valeria Vdovina, Gino Gomes, Maria da Conceição Freitas, and Mawunu Monizi for their help during fieldwork or their support of our project. Mimi Arandjelovic, Anthony Agbor, Samuel Angedakin, Emmanuel Ayuk Ayimisin, Emma Bailey, Donatienne Barubiyo, Mattia Bessone, Matthieu Bonnet, Gregory Brazzola, Kevin C. Lee, Heather Cohen, Katherine Corogenes, Charlotte Coupland, Bryan Curran, Karsten Dierks, Villard Ebot Egbe, Yisa Ginath Yuh, Anne-Céline Granjon, Gottfried Hohmann, Jessica Junker, Mbangi Kambere, Mohamed Kambi, Ivonne Kienast, Juan Lapuente, Bradley Larson, Giovanna Maretti, Sergio Marrocoli, Rumen Fernandez, Mizuki Murai, Emily Neil, Sonia Nicholl, Lucy Jayne Ormsby, Alex Piel, Jodie Preece, Fiona A. Stewart, Alexander Tickle, Joost van Schijndel, Kyle Yurkiw, Hjalmar S. Kühl & Christophe Boesch

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