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

As we unroll its fragile pages, we embark on a journey to understand Africa’s vast and varied history. From ancient civilizations to modern nations, this map tells a story of change, conflict ...

This map shows Mansa Musa with an Arab ... From the 1950s many African countries won their independence. Today, the ancient kingdom of Benin is part of Nigeria and Asante is in Ghana.

It lies about four hundred miles north west of modern Ghana. Ancient Ghana encompassed what ... quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al ...