Chimamanda Adichie Receives Highest Honour From Harvard University

Acclaimed Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has received the highest honour of Harvard University, the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal it was announced on Thursday.

The award was given to Adichie by the prestigious Harvard University for her efforts in the field of African and African American studies.

GWG.NG reports that Harvard University has not given out the W.E.B Du Bois medal since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chimamanda Adichie was a speaker at the Harvard College Class Day in 2018 and before then a Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellow between 2011 and 2012.

She has now joined an elite class of awardees of the medal that include Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Ava Duvernay, Dave Chappelle, Queen Latifah, Nasir “Nas” Jones, John Lewis, Steven Spielberg, athlete-activist Colin Kaepernick, among others.

Other recipients of the award include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Laverne Cox, Agnes Guns, Raymond J McGuire, Deval Patrick, and Betye Saar.

In a citation on Chimamanda Adichie by a professor of Harvard University and director of the Hutchins center read in part:

“Whether they’ve distinguished themselves in the arts, civic life, education, athletics, activism, or any combination of the above, these medalists show in all that they do their unyielding commitment to pushing the boundaries of representation and creating opportunities for advancement and participation for people who have been too often shut out from the great promise of our times.”

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