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 ...

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

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

As Rolling Stone Africa's latest cover star, Ciara took a cultural visit to Benin where she left with citizenship to the West ...

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 ...

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

Ciera received her Beninese citizenship, but she isn't the first to receive dual citizenship from the motherland.