The Grammy-winning performer's acquisition of citizenship at a ceremony in the city of Cotonou is part of a broader ...

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

As Rolling Stone Africa's latest cover star, Ciara took a cultural visit to Benin where she left with citizenship to the West ...

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

Grammy-winning singer Ciara just made history — but not for her music. She’s now one of the first-ever descendants of ...

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

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

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 ...

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

American singer Ciara has become a citizen of Benin under a new law that grants citizenship to the descendants of enslaved ...