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

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 ...

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

Singer Ciara gains Benin citizenship under Afro-descendant law, honoring slave trade history and Black diaspora heritage.

Singer Ciara, center, with government officials and other beneficiaries of the diaspora program during a ceremony in Cotonou, ...

Photo: Getty Images North America Grammy award-winning singer Ciara is among the first public figures to be granted ...

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 ...