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Ciara Becomes Citizen Of Benin Under New Law For Slave Trade Descendants
Photo: Getty Images North America Grammy award-winning singer Ciara is among the first public figures to be granted citizenship in the West African country of Benin under a new law offering nationality to descendants of enslaved people.
Approximately 1.5 million Africans were captured, enslaved, and deported to the New World by Benin's tribal leaders.
Singer Ciara gains Benin citizenship under Afro-descendant law, honoring slave trade history and Black diaspora heritage.
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