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Benin's citizenship law carries significance in part because of the role it played in the transatlantic slave trade.
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Ciara becomes citizen of Benin
Benin hopes that its latest moves will promote cultural tourism. The country’s coastline is part of what was once known as ...
Approximately 1.5 million Africans were captured, enslaved, and deported to the New World by Benin's tribal leaders.
Singer Ciara, center, with government officials and other beneficiaries of the diaspora program during a ceremony in Cotonou, ...
US singer Ciara has become one of the first public figures to be granted citizenship of Benin, under a new law offering ...
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee will be bridging gaps after being named Benin’s official ambassadors to African Americans in ...