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

Singer Ciara, center, with government officials and other beneficiaries of the diaspora program during a ceremony in Cotonou, ...

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 ...

Imagine discovering a path back to your ancestral homeland, a place where history whispers through ancient routes and memorials. For many descendants of enslaved Africans, this is becoming a reality ...

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

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