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

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.

History was made. It was the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls of African Descent. Benin Republic chose ...

As Rolling Stone Africa's latest cover star, Ciara took a cultural visit to Benin where she left with citizenship to the West ...

Imagine discovering a path back to your ancestral homeland, a place where history whispers through ancient routes and ...

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 ...

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

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

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