The era of Atlantic slavery began a decade after the arrival of the Spanish in the Caribbean in 1492, with the introduction of enslaved Africans into the island of Hispaniola.” Already, on page 2 of ...

Benin is one of the few African countries that is invested in offering citizenship to descendants of the enslaved Benin’s President, Patrice Talon, passed a law in September 2024 that gives ...

For historians of human enslavement—and for black Africans more generally—the recently concluded African Nations soccer cup revealed images of an ugliness that has roots in the Muslim world’s ...

American singer Ciara has become a citizen of Benin under a new law that grants citizenship to the descendants of enslaved people with roots in Africa. The Grammy-winning star appeared alongside ...