Nigerian born award winning author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has added another feather to her glowing cap as she has been elected into the American Academy of Arts and Letters as a foreign honorary member.
The Nigerian author who boasts of several literatures to her name will be inducted into the academy at the annual induction event which is scheduled to hold in May, 2017.
Chimamanda will upon her induction become the second Nigerian to be inducted into the academy after Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka was inducted in 1986.
Chimamanda’s election was revealed in a press release posted online by the academy which reads: “When the American Academy of Arts and Letters holds its annual induction and award ceremony in mid-May, Calvin Trillin, secretary, will induct fourteen members into the 250-person organisation and Yehudi Wyner, president will induct three foreign honorary members.”
