Benin Citizenship for Slave Descendants
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•As Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants, it reckons with its own history in the trade
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Benin 's new law grants citizenship to those who can trace their lineage to the slave trade.
The law is part of a broader effort by Benin to reckon with its own historical role in the trade.
Beninese authorities accept DNA tests, authenticated testimonies and family records.
An estimated 1.5 million slaves were deported from the Bight of Benin, a territory that includes modern-day Benin .
Vodun is an official religion in Benin , practiced by at least a million people in the country.
It originated in the kingdom of Dahomey in the south of present-day Benin .
Slavery brought it to the Americas and the Caribbean , where it became Vodou , a blend with Catholicism.
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