Talented Nigerian Writer Chimamanda Adiche Receives Harvard University’s Highest Honorary Award

CURSORY: Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has been awarded the highest honor of Havard university, the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal, for her numerous contributions to African and African American culture and the life of the mind.

Celebrated Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has received the highest honor of Harvard University, the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal. Adichie received the award given by Harvard in the field of African and African American studies on Thursday, October 7.

While accepting the award, the talented writer expressed how much she loved writing and telling stories, urging young people to care about reading as it is very important.

The W. E. B. Du Bois Medal is Harvard’s highest honor in African and African American studies. It is awarded to individuals in the United States and across the globe in recognition of their contributions to African and African American culture and the life of the mind.

The Nigerian writer who was a speaker at the Harvard College Class Day in 2018 and previously a Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellow between 2011 and 2012, now joins trailblazers like Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Ava Duvernay, Dave Chappelle, Queen Latifah, Nasir “Nas” Jones, John Lewis, Steven Spielberg, athlete-activist Colin Kaepernick, and others who are past recipients of the medal.

Watch the video of her accepting the award below

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