DAKAR, Senegal — When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the 57-year-old travel agent said ...
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 -- Benin has become the latest African nation to try to atone for its past with a new law granting citizenship to those who can trace their lineage to the slave trade. Passed in ...
As Western cities see statues of slaveholders and colonialists toppled, Benin's coastal town of Ouidah is going the other way, restoring monuments to the painful era of the slave trade. During the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The future complex will include a hotel spa, a lifesize replica of a slave ship, memorial gardens, a craft market and an arena for ...
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 ...
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 ...