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.

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

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.

Ciera received her Beninese citizenship, but she isn't the first to receive dual citizenship from the motherland.

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

Ciara, the R&B singer, has become a citizen of Benin under a government scheme for the descendants of African slaves.