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 granting citizenship to descendants of slaves.

Singer Ciara became a Benin citizen under a new law granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved Africans, highlighting the country's reconciliation efforts and promotion of memorial tourism.

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