Singer Ciara gains Benin citizenship under Afro-descendant law, honoring slave trade history and Black diaspora heritage.

The small West African country passed a law last year granting citizenship to those who can trace their lineage to the slave ...

Approximately 1.5 million Africans were captured, enslaved, and deported to the New World by Benin's tribal leaders.

Benin hopes that its latest moves will promote cultural tourism. The country’s coastline is part of what was once known as ...

US singer Ciara has become one of the first public figures to be granted citizenship of Benin, under a new law offering ...

U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved people.