The Marina Project is a vast memorial and tourist complex under construction in Ouidah, a coastal town in the Republic of Benin in West Africa. The country hopes to market itself as a major ...

Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants as it faces its own role in the trade When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French ...

*U.S. singer Ciara has officially become a citizen of Benin under the country’s new Afro-descendant citizenship law. The Grammy-winning artist received her citizenship during a ceremony in Cotonou, ...

Text of a public lecture delivered by Professor Ryder in Benin City, Nigeria in 1995. Includes discussion of the Scheme for the Study of Benin History and Culture. siris_sil_505954 ...

Do you know that Benin’s official capital is not its busiest or most modern city? It is tucked along the southeastern coastline near the Gulf of Guinea. The history of the city echoes through colonial ...

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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the 57-year-old travel agent ...