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

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 ...

New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson, enjoying a rare day off, spent quality time with his sons, Future and Win, ...

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.

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

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

Ciara was granted citizenship by Benin as part of a law granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved people, in an effort ...

So don’t care where you come from as long as you’re a Black man, you’re an African. No mind your nationality, you have got ...

Over the last few years, things have been a bit more alarming than usual and it's time we take a look at what's going on with ...

As the world mourns the loss of actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, we're looking at some of the Black celebrities whose untimely deaths shocked us.

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