Approximately 1.5 million Africans were captured, enslaved, and deported to the New World by Benin's tribal leaders.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem yanked the protections for the three nations in June and July and offered each a ...

Grammy-winning artist Ciara has been granted citizenship in Benin, becoming one of the first prominent individuals to benefit ...

As we prepare to celebrate Emancipation Day this Friday, we are called to reflect not only on our past, but also on the ...

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

A recent law passed by the West African country of Benin grants citizenship to anyone who can show they are descended from slaves. American singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to take up ...

In Hulu’s soapy “Washington Black,” about an early-nineteenth-century slave who escapes to Halifax, Brown rises above the ...