Strontium isoscape of sub-Saharan Africa allows tracing origins of victims of the transatlantic slave trade

Wang, Xueye; Bocksberger, Gaëlle; Arandjelovic, Mimi; Agbor, Anthony; Angedakin, Samuel; Aubert, Floris; Ayimisin, Emmanuel Ayuk; Bailey, Emma; Barubiyo, Donatienne; Bessone, Mattia; Bobe, René; Bonnet, Matthieu; Boucher, Renée; Brazzola, Gregory; Brewer, Simon; Lee, Kevin C.; Carvalho, Susana; Chancellor, Rebecca; Cipoletta, Chloe; Cohen, Heather; Copeland, Sandi R.; Corogenes, Katherine; Costa, Ana Maria; Coupland, Charlotte; Curran, Bryan; de Ruiter, Darryl J.; Deschner, Tobias; Dieguez, Paula; Dierks, Karsten; Dilambaka, Emmanuel; Dowd, Dervla; Dunn, Andrew; Egbe, Villard Ebot; Finckh, Manfred; Fruth, Barbara; Gijanto, Liza; Yuh, Yisa Ginath; Goedmakers, Annemarie; Gokee, Cameron; Gomes Coelho, Rui; Goodman, Alan H.; Granjon, Anne-Céline; Grimes, Vaughan; Grueter, Cyril C.; Haour, Anne; Hedwig, Daniela; Hermans, Veerle; Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana; Hohmann, Gottfried; Imong, Inaoyom; Jeffery, Kathryn J.; Jones, Sorrel; Junker, Jessica; Kadam, Parag; Kambere, Mbangi; Kambi, Mohamed; Kienast, Ivonne; Knudson, Kelly J.; Langergraber, Kevin E.; Lapeyre, Vincent; Lapuente, Juan; Larson, Bradley; Lautenschläger, Thea; le Roux, Petrus; Leinert, Vera; Llana, Manuel; Logan, Amanda; Lowry, Brynn; Lüdecke, Tina; Maretti, Giovanna; Marrocoli, Sergio; Fernandez, Rumen; McNeill, Patricia J.; Meier, Amelia C.; Meller, Paulina; Monroe, J. Cameron; Morgan, David; Mulindahabi, Felix; Murai, Mizuki; Neil, Emily; Nicholl, Sonia; Niyigaba, Protais; Normand, Emmanuelle; Ormsby, Lucy Jayne; Diotoh, Orume; Pacheco, Liliana; Piel, Alex; Preece, Jodie; Regnaut, Sebastien; Richard, Francois G.; Richards, Michael P.; Rundus, Aaron; Sanz, Crickette; Sommer, Volker; Sponheimer, Matt; Steele, Teresa E.; Stewart, Fiona A.; Tagg, Nikki; Tédonzong, Luc Roscelin; Tickle, Alexander; Toubga, Lassané; van Schijndel, Joost; Vergnes, Virginie; Njomen, Nadege Wangue; Wessling, Erin G.; Willie, Jacob; Wittig, Roman M.; Yurkiw, Kyle; Zipkin, Andrew M.; Zuberbühler, Klaus; Kühl, Hjalmar S.; Boesch, Christophe; Oelze, Vicky M.

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-55256-0

Strontium isoscape of sub-Saharan Africa allows tracing origins of victims of the transatlantic slave trade

Wang, Xueye; Bocksberger, Gaëlle; Arandjelovic, Mimi; Agbor, Anthony; Angedakin, Samuel; Aubert, Floris; Ayimisin, Emmanuel Ayuk; Bailey, Emma; Barubiyo, Donatienne; Bessone, Mattia; Bobe, René; Bonnet, Matthieu; Boucher, Renée; Brazzola, Gregory; Brewer, Simon; Lee, Kevin C.; Carvalho, Susana; Chancellor, Rebecca; Cipoletta, Chloe; Cohen, Heather; Copeland, Sandi R.; Corogenes, Katherine; Costa, Ana Maria; Coupland, Charlotte; Curran, Bryan; de Ruiter, Darryl J.; Deschner, Tobias; Dieguez, Paula; Dierks, Karsten; Dilambaka, Emmanuel; Dowd, Dervla; Dunn, Andrew; Egbe, Villard Ebot; Finckh, Manfred; Fruth, Barbara; Gijanto, Liza; Yuh, Yisa Ginath; Goedmakers, Annemarie; Gokee, Cameron; Gomes Coelho, Rui; Goodman, Alan H.; Granjon, Anne-Céline; Grimes, Vaughan; Grueter, Cyril C.; Haour, Anne; Hedwig, Daniela; Hermans, Veerle; Hernandez-Aguilar, R. Adriana; Hohmann, Gottfried; Imong, Inaoyom; Jeffery, Kathryn J.; Jones, Sorrel; Junker, Jessica; Kadam, Parag; Kambere, Mbangi; Kambi, Mohame...

Authors

Xueye Wang

Gaëlle Bocksberger

Mimi Arandjelovic

Anthony Agbor

Samuel Angedakin

Floris Aubert

Emmanuel Ayuk Ayimisin

Emma Bailey

Donatienne Barubiyo

Mattia Bessone

René Bobe

Matthieu Bonnet

Renée Boucher

Gregory Brazzola

Simon Brewer

Kevin C. Lee

Susana Carvalho

Rebecca Chancellor

Chloe Cipoletta

Heather Cohen

Sandi R. Copeland

Katherine Corogenes

Ana Maria Costa

Charlotte Coupland

Bryan Curran

Darryl J. de Ruiter

Tobias Deschner

Paula Dieguez

Karsten Dierks

Emmanuel Dilambaka

Dervla Dowd

Andrew Dunn

Villard Ebot Egbe

Manfred Finckh

Barbara Fruth

Liza Gijanto

Yisa Ginath Yuh

Annemarie Goedmakers

Cameron Gokee

Dr Rui Gomes Coelho rui.g.coelho@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor

Alan H. Goodman

Anne-Céline Granjon

Vaughan Grimes

Cyril C. Grueter

Anne Haour

Daniela Hedwig

Veerle Hermans

R. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar

Gottfried Hohmann

Inaoyom Imong

Kathryn J. Jeffery

Sorrel Jones

Jessica Junker

Parag Kadam

Mbangi Kambere

Mohamed Kambi

Ivonne Kienast

Kelly J. Knudson

Kevin E. Langergraber

Vincent Lapeyre

Juan Lapuente

Bradley Larson

Thea Lautenschläger

Petrus le Roux

Vera Leinert

Manuel Llana

Amanda Logan

Brynn Lowry

Tina Lüdecke

Giovanna Maretti

Sergio Marrocoli

Rumen Fernandez

Patricia J. McNeill

Amelia C. Meier

Paulina Meller

J. Cameron Monroe

David Morgan

Felix Mulindahabi

Mizuki Murai

Emily Neil

Sonia Nicholl

Protais Niyigaba

Emmanuelle Normand

Lucy Jayne Ormsby

Orume Diotoh

Liliana Pacheco

Alex Piel

Jodie Preece

Sebastien Regnaut

Francois G. Richard

Michael P. Richards

Aaron Rundus

Crickette Sanz

Volker Sommer

Matt Sponheimer

Teresa E. Steele

Fiona A. Stewart

Nikki Tagg

Luc Roscelin Tédonzong

Alexander Tickle

Lassané Toubga

Joost van Schijndel

Virginie Vergnes

Nadege Wangue Njomen

Erin G. Wessling

Jacob Willie

Roman M. Wittig

Kyle Yurkiw

Andrew M. Zipkin

Klaus Zuberbühler

Hjalmar S. Kühl

Christophe Boesch

Vicky M. Oelze

Citation

Wang, X., Bocksberger, G., Arandjelovic, M., Agbor, A., Angedakin, S., Aubert, F., Ayimisin, E. A., Bailey, E., Barubiyo, D., Bessone, M., Bobe, R., Bonnet, M., Boucher, R., Brazzola, G., Brewer, S., Lee, K. C., Carvalho, S., Chancellor, R., Cipoletta, C., Cohen, H., …Oelze, V. M. (2024). Strontium isoscape of sub-Saharan Africa allows tracing origins of victims of the transatlantic slave trade. Nature Communications, 15, Article 10891. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55256-0

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Dec 4, 2024
Online Publication Date	Dec 30, 2024
Publication Date	2024
Deposit Date	Feb 14, 2025
Publicly Available Date	Feb 17, 2025
Journal	Nature Communications
Electronic ISSN	2041-1723
Publisher	Nature Research
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	15
Article Number	10891
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55256-0
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3482206
Publisher URL	https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-55256-0