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Wakuu,
Mwanamuziki wa Marekani, Ciara, amekuwa mmoja wa watu wa kwanza maarufu kupata uraia wa Benin chini ya sheria mpya ya nchi hiyo ndogo ya Afrika Magharibi inayotoa uraia kwa watu wenye asili ya watumwa.
Mshindi wa tuzo ya Grammy alipokea uraia huo katika hafla iliyofanyika Jumamosi jijini Cotonou, hatua ambayo ni sehemu ya mpango mpana wa Benin kuvutia watu wa asili ya Kiafrika walioko ughaibuni, kukiri nafasi ya nchi hiyo katika biashara ya utumwa wa kuvuka bahari, na kukuza utalii unaohusiana na maeneo ya historia ya utumwa.
“Kwa kuwatambua kisheria hawa watoto wa Afrika, Benin inapona jeraha la kihistoria. Ni kitendo cha haki, lakini pia cha mshikamano na matumaini,” alisema Waziri wa Sheria, Yvon Détchénou, katika hafla hiyo.
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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.
The Grammy-winning performer’s acquisition of citizenship at a ceremony Saturday in the city of Cotonou is part of a broader initiative by Benin to attract the Black diaspora, acknowledge the country’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, and promote tourism focused on slavery-related sites of remembrance.
“By legally recognizing these children of Africa, Benin is healing a historical wound. It is an act of justice, but also one of belonging and hope,” Justice Minister Yvon Détchénou said at the ceremony.
Source: LA Times, AP News
Mwanamuziki wa Marekani, Ciara, amekuwa mmoja wa watu wa kwanza maarufu kupata uraia wa Benin chini ya sheria mpya ya nchi hiyo ndogo ya Afrika Magharibi inayotoa uraia kwa watu wenye asili ya watumwa.
Mshindi wa tuzo ya Grammy alipokea uraia huo katika hafla iliyofanyika Jumamosi jijini Cotonou, hatua ambayo ni sehemu ya mpango mpana wa Benin kuvutia watu wa asili ya Kiafrika walioko ughaibuni, kukiri nafasi ya nchi hiyo katika biashara ya utumwa wa kuvuka bahari, na kukuza utalii unaohusiana na maeneo ya historia ya utumwa.
“Kwa kuwatambua kisheria hawa watoto wa Afrika, Benin inapona jeraha la kihistoria. Ni kitendo cha haki, lakini pia cha mshikamano na matumaini,” alisema Waziri wa Sheria, Yvon Détchénou, katika hafla hiyo.
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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.
The Grammy-winning performer’s acquisition of citizenship at a ceremony Saturday in the city of Cotonou is part of a broader initiative by Benin to attract the Black diaspora, acknowledge the country’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, and promote tourism focused on slavery-related sites of remembrance.
“By legally recognizing these children of Africa, Benin is healing a historical wound. It is an act of justice, but also one of belonging and hope,” Justice Minister Yvon Détchénou said at the ceremony.
Source: LA Times, AP News
