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

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

Ciara Becomes One of First Citizens Under New Benin Law *U.S. singer Ciara has officially become a citizen of Benin under the ...

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

On a trip to Benin, Ciara became a citizen of the West African country in a ceremony with Beninese government officials.

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

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

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

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

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

Ciara was officially granted citizenship of Benin during a ceremony celebrating her ancestral connection to the West African nation.