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

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

US Grammy winner Ciara becomes one of the first public figures to gain Benin citizenship under My Afro Origins Law.

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

"I feel incredibly proud to be a part of the importance of this moment. The significance of this moment and what it means is ...

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.

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

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A Royal seat, Benin, Cana (18th-19th century) is displayed during the exhibition "Restitution of 26 works from the royal treasury in Abomey" at the Quai Branly museum before a ceremony to mark the ...