In recognition of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie contributions to African and African American culture and the intellectual life, Harvard University on Thursday awarded her the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal, the highest honour.
Adichie, a world-renowned Nigerian writer, was presented with the medal at a ceremony on Thursday.
The W. E. B. Du Bois Medal is Harvard University’s top honour in African and African American studies. It is given to people from all over the world in recognition of their contributions to African and African American culture and intellectual life.
According to the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, the award was created to honour those “who reflect the virtues of commitment and resolve that are important to the black experience in America.”
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Laverne Cox, Agnes Guns, Raymond J McGuire, Deval Patrick, and Betye Saar are among the other honorees of Du Bois awards.
Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., Director of the Hutchins Center, stated in an official statement that the 2022 honorees represent “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.”
In 1895, Du Bois became the first African-American to receive a PhD from Harvard. Scholars, artists, writers, journalists, benefactors, and public servants have all received the medal in the past.
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