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

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

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