Three U.S. Varsities Honour Chimamanda Adichie With Honorary Doctorates

Three Ivy League universities in the United States recently celebrated bestselling writer and speaker, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as she was awarded honorary doctorate degrees.The award-winning author, who has built quite the reputation for her oratory prowess received the three awards within 10 days.

She was at American University (Washington, DC) on May 11 to receive an honorary degree and also deliver a commencement speech for the university’s College of Arts and Science. 

Adichie returned to Washington on May 18 to receive another honorary degree from Georgetown University and to deliver a commencement speech for Georgetown College, the largest and oldest of the four Georgetown schools, which grant undergraduate degrees.

The prolific writer was on hand for Yale’s University in New Haven, Connecticut 318th commencement ceremony, where she received her third honorary degree.During her Yale class day address, which inspired a standing ovation, Adichie talked about the state of affairs in the United States, metaphorically using Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” in her description of the current US sociopolitical climate.