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

US singer Ciara has become one of the first public figures to be granted citizenship of Benin, under a new law offering nationality to the descendants of slaves. In an Instagram post the Grammy award-winner said she was "honoured",

US Grammy winner Ciara becomes one of the first public figures to gain Benin citizenship under My Afro Origins Law.