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

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.

American R&B singer Ciara has become a Beninese citizen thanks to a new law granting citizenship to descendants of African ...

American singer Ciara has become a citizen of Benin under a new law that grants citizenship to the descendants of enslaved ...

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 ...

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

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

Photo: Getty Images North America Grammy award-winning singer Ciara is among the first public figures to be granted ...

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