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

History was made. It was the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls of African Descent. Benin Republic chose ...

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

Yvon Detchenou, Benin's Minister of Justice and Legislation, right, presents citizenship documents to singer Ciara at a ...

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 African country.

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 African country granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved people.

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 ...

American singer Ciara has become a citizen of Benin under a new law that grants citizenship to the descendants of enslaved ...

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 citizenship in the West African country of Benin under a new law offering ...