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The American singer Ciara became one of the first public figures to receive Benin’s citizenship, in accordance with the new law that offers the nationality of slaves.
In the Instagram message, the winner of the Grammy Prize said that she was “honored”, adding “thank you to Benin for opening my hands and my heart.”
The citizenship scheme is part of the initiative of the small West African country to establish ties with the African diaspora and increase cultural tourism.
Ciara known in R&B and Pop Hits, such as goodies and 1.2 steps.
“This act, which is symbolic, humane and historical, is not just an administrative gesture. It is a gesture of the soul, a return to the roots, the hand extends to those who have come off from this earth in their cruelty,” the statement said on Monday after the ceremony.
As a result of the adoption of the AFRO origin, Benin joined countries such as Ghana and Guinea Bisov, offering citizenship to people with the African ancestor who was taken from the Motherland as part of the transatlantic slave trade.
Offspring can refer to become a citizen through Recently launched web -sight.
Just last week Benin appointed by the famous American director Spike Lee and his wife.
Benin’s coastline is part of the fact that it was once known as the slave coast – the main departure point for the enslaved Africans who are shipped across the Atlantic to America.
It is estimated between 1580 and 1727, the Kingdom of Widda, the main trading center of the slave, located on the Benin coast, more than a million Africans were exported to the US, Caribbean and Brazil.
