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 ...

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

Edo, is rejecting a provision in a new bill before the National Assembly. The bill aims to establish a Nigerian Council of ...

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

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

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

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has criticized Governor Monday Okpebholo for what it described as ...

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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's new citizenship law allows descendants of slaves to reconnect with their heritage, acknowledging the country's ...