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

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

American singer and dancer Ciara Wilson was officially granted citizenship by the West African nation of Benin.

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

US singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African ...

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

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

The U.S. pop star became a citizen under a new law in Benin aimed at descendants of enslaved people from sub-Saharan Africa.

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

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

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

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 ...