The status of tropical peatlands, one of Earth's most efficient natural carbon stores, is of
increasing international concern as they experience rising threat from deforestation and …

In popular discourse, tropical forests are synonymous with'nature'and'wilderness';
battlegrounds between apparently pristine floral, faunal, and human communities, and the …

Many societal and environmental changes occurred between the 2nd millennium BC and
the middle of the 2nd millennium AD in western Africa. Key amongst these were changes in …

Abstract The Central African Rainforest was long thought to be a green desert. Intensive
archaeological research during the last decades has shown the contrary. The rainforest of …

Abstract During the Late Iron Age, early Nguni-speaking farmers entered and moved across
the region of the lower Thukela uplands through frequent, short-range episodes of …

Except for work on the symbolism of iron technology, there have been few archaeological
studies that provide insight into the social and symbolic dynamics of early farming/metal …

Non-pollen palynomorphs and elemental geochemistry data from Lake Kifuruka in western
Uganda provide evidence of environmental change in the tropical African region since the …

While Baka and Yaka, two large, neighboring forager groups in the Central African
Rainforest, underwent language shift involving distinct farming populations of the Mundu …

Silozi came into existence in the early 1800s when Sikololo speakers (Makololo) from South
Africa came in contact with the Siluyana speakers (Luyi) in Barotseland. Today the language …

The history of slavery runs deep in Africa, yet historians have rarely explored the early
contexts in which Africans resorted to slaving. The burdens of remembering and reckoning …