Cassandra Lewis awaits approval from West African nation while reflecting on her great-great-grandfather Cudjo Lewis's ...

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 ...

Approximately 1.5 million Africans were captured, enslaved, and deported to the New World by Benin's tribal leaders.

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

Imagine discovering a path back to your ancestral homeland, a place where history whispers through ancient routes and ...

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

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