In its 2009 edition, the II Expo Afro-Brazilian brought the theme "The Benin - ancestry: one of the cradles of the Brazilian nation, to disseminate knowledge about this country on the African continent, where, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many Africans came through the slave trade, in Brazil, work and increasing our people. The CIAFRO - Integration Center of Afro-Brazilian Culture invited the Honorary Consul of Benin, His Excellency Mr. Cesar Augusto Maia to be honored with the Award II Black Identity, evidence of recognition of their struggle and their work .