Benin's citizenship law carries significance in part because of the role it played in the transatlantic slave trade.

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 ...

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

Ciara celebrates her Beninese roots in a striking jersey-and-cowrie-shell look, following her official citizenship under the ...

On a trip to Benin, Ciara became a citizen of the West African country in a ceremony with Beninese government officials.

Ciera received her Beninese citizenship, but she isn’t the first to receive dual citizenship from a nation in the motherland.

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

The Institute for Inclusive Digital Africa (IIDIA) and Benin’s Agency for Information Systems and Digital Technology (ASIN) ...

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.

US singer Ciara became a citizen of Benin under a new law granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved people. This move is part of Benin's efforts to reconnect with its role in the slave trade and ...

Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee will be bridging gaps after being named Benin’s official ambassadors to African Americans in ...