Award-winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie, has been listed as one of the seven honorees to be awarded the W.E.B Du Bois medal by Harvard University.
The university management made the announcement via their Twitter handle on Sunday.
The W.E.B Du Bois medal is the highest honour given by Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research to honour the recipients “who embody the values of commitment and resolve that are fundamental to the Black experience in America” for their contributions to African and African—American culture.
The medal is named after William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the first black student to earn a doctorate from Harvard in 1895.
“This year’s honorees include basketball legend, cultural critic, and activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; distinguished writer and feminist Chimamanda Adichie; LGBTQ advocate and groundbreaking actress, Laverne Cox; philanthropist and patron of the arts and education, Agnes Gund; business trailblazer, Raymond J. McGuire; former Massachusetts Governor, Deval Patrick; and pioneering artist and visual storyteller, Betye Saar,” a press release on the university’s website read.
The medals will be presented on 6 October 2022 at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre on its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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