“The Re-Write” tells the story of Temi, a Black writer trying to navigate the literary scene in London. Things take a turn when she gets an opportunity to ghostwrite a celebrity memoir. The only ...

Thousands of spectators gathered in Benin on Sunday for the country’s annual Mask Festival, a vibrant cultural event celebrating ancestral spirits, heritage, and traditional identity.

Cassandra Lewis awaits approval from West African nation while reflecting on her great-great-grandfather Cudjo Lewis's ...

American singer, Ciara acknowledged the South African music industry by using a fan favored Amapiano song, Magumba, by PeeKay ...

So don’t care where you come from as long as you’re a Black man, you’re an African. No mind your nationality, you have got ...

Ciara celebrates her Beninese roots in a striking jersey-and-cowrie-shell look, following her official citizenship under the ...

Yvon Detchenou, Benin's Minister of Justice and Legislation, right, presents citizenship documents to singer Ciara at a ...

History was made. It was the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls of African Descent. Benin Republic chose ...

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

"I feel incredibly proud to be a part of the importance of this moment. The significance of this moment and what it means is so special, so powerful, and I feel inspired", the singer said in her ...

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.

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.