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

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 slaves.

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