Scientists have created a groundbreaking map of strontium isotopes found across sub-Saharan Africa—which could help descendants of enslaved people reconstruct their family histories.

African merchants, the poor, royalty -- anyone -- could be abducted in the raids and wars that were undertaken by Africans to secure slaves that they could trade. The slave trade devastated ...

With hindsight, we feel remorse that these things happened and our great great grandfathers took part in the trade ... times a slave in North Africa, Greece or Rome, or in Arab countries, could ...

Some historians think that this is why Africa was colonised by European countries in the 19th century. Other historians draw attention to the benefits of the slave trade for African rulers - the ...

African merchants, the poor, royalty -- anyone -- could be abducted in the raids and wars that were undertaken by Africans to secure slaves that they could trade. The slave trade devastated ...