Benin's citizenship law carries significance in part because of the role it played in the transatlantic slave trade.

Singer Ciara became a Benin citizen under a new law granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved Africans, highlighting the country's reconciliation efforts and promotion of memorial tourism.

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 people. (July 29)