Popular Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been honoured with her 8th and 9th honorary Doctorate Degree by two Universities in the United States of America.
The multiple awards winning author, taking to her Instagram page on Sunday, shared some photos of her receiving the awards at the schools which honoured her.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was honoured with Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa by both the American University, and Georgetown University in Washington DC.
She also delivered the commencement address to the College of Arts and Sciences at the 137th commencement ceremony of the American University, Washington DC.
“I am very honoured to be your commencement speaker today.” This is a platform that I have been given because of my work as a writer and years ago when I started writing stories in little notebooks as a child, I was doing what I loved. I was escaping into an imaginative world and I could not have possibly imagined that I would one day be standing here before you”
Adichie said to the graduates as she delivered her commencement speech.
Her speech was filled with wisdom and laced with humour.
“As you prepare to soar away on your eagle wings today, as you graduate with your hard-earned degrees, please don’t think of today as the day you stop being a student. Be a student for the rest of your life, and the best way to this is to read; every day. Preferably books but otherwise anything continuous and relatively long”. “Which means Twitter doesn’t count” she joked.