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Grammy Winner Ciara Accepts Offer for Benin Citizenship, a New Way to Reckon with its Slave Trade
Approximately 1.5 million Africans were captured, enslaved, and deported to the New World by Benin's tribal leaders.
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Ciara Becomes Citizen Of Benin Under New Law For Slave Trade Descendants
Photo: Getty Images North America Grammy award-winning singer Ciara is among the first public figures to be granted ...
US Grammy winner Ciara becomes citizen of Benin under new origins law
US singer Ciara has become one of the first public figures to be granted citizenship of Benin, under a new law offering ...
Ciara ‘Levels Up’ With Benin Citizenship, Celebrates Milestone In Emotional Ceremony
As Rolling Stone Africa's latest cover star, Ciara took a cultural visit to Benin where she left with citizenship to the West ...
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Benin Launches AI Voice Model in Fon to Boost Digital Inclusion Across West Africa
The Institute for Inclusive Digital Africa (IIDIA) and Benin’s Agency for Information Systems and Digital Technology (ASIN) ...
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West Africa: Togo and Benin - PBS
West Africa is the birthplace of Voodoo; in Togo and Benin ancestors commingle with the living. Whether it’s vulture heads for sale at a fetish market or sacred bloodstained altars, Voodoo is ...
Spike Lee And His Wife Appointed Benin Ambassadors For African Americans In The US
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee will be bridging gaps after being named Benin’s official ambassadors to African Americans in ...