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

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

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 ...

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

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

Photo: Getty Images North America Grammy award-winning singer Ciara is among the first public figures to be granted ...

We're supplying players in Benin with much needed training and equipment to help grow the game globally” - Wally Langfellow - BIB program founder ROBBINSDALE, MN, UNITED STATES, August 1, 2025 ...

Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee will be bridging gaps after being named Benin’s official ambassadors to African Americans in ...

Ciera received her Beninese citizenship, but she isn’t the first to receive dual citizenship from a nation in the motherland.

Acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, have been appointed by the government of Benin as thematic ambassadors to African-Americans in the United States. The couple’s new role is ...

Benin, AfricaBy The Denver Post | [email protected] | The Denver Post PUBLISHED: January 3, 2006 at 5:31 PM MST ...