I’m Honoured To Get A Degree From University of Edinburgh Scotland – Chimamanda Adichie

Chimamanda Adichie has been honoured with a Doctor of Letters degree at the University of Edinburgh Scotland, United Kingdom.

The honorary doctorate degree was given to the writer by the university’s Principal and Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sir Timothy O’Shea, at a special ceremony at the school’s St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall.

The award was given to recgnise dichie’s exploits as an author and public intellectual.

Recently, Adichie was elected as a Foreign Honorary Member into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and bagged another honorary degree from Haverford College, Pennsylvania in the United States of America in May 2017.

“It is lovely to be in this place, which is hallowed. I feel very fortunate to be included among the people who have been honoured with a degree from this University,” Adichie said.