Yvon Detchenou, Benin's Minister of Justice and Legislation, right, presents citizenship documents to singer Ciara at a ceremony in Cotonou, Benin on July 26. [AP/YONHAP] U.S. singer Ciara is one of ...

DAKAR, Senegal — 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 ...

PORTO-NOVO, Benin (AP) — For many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives. Barren women performed Voodoo rituals by sacred trees to get ...

The Benin people located in the southern part of Nigeria are well known for their beautiful traditional attire that showcases coral beads. These beads decorate the Benin royals and are also used by ...

For the exhibition "In dialog with Benin. Art, Colonialism and Restitution", Museum Rietberg has collaborated with partners from Nigeria and the diaspora. The four curators Josephine Ebiuwa Abbe, ...

Because we're bound to get lost if we choose to quest. For if the ancient throne of Oduduwa can be, disputedly, traced to the Bini (Benin) kingdom, then the origin of Oduduwa's origin can only be ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — 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 ...