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Nigerian novelist and author of the novel "Half of the yellow sun", Chimamanda Adichie, has been awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
The award was presented by Timothy O’Shea, Vice Chancellor of the university, in recognition of her achievement as an author, public intellectual and activist.
While delivering her speech, the 39-year-old author of,” We Should All Be Feminists told the audience that she was “very fortunate” to receive the honor.
She said: “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 is a prominent contemporary writer who has authored three award-winning novels, Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun, and Americanah, and a short story collection, The Thing around Your Neck.
Her most recent work, Dear Ijeawale, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, is a series of letters about feminism and motherhood.
