Nigeria’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has become the first Nigerian to win the United Nations Foundation Global Leadership Award.
Adichie, along with other global leaders, was awarded the honour during its annual awards ceremony on November 20.
This year’s ceremony was held on the eve of the United Nations’ 75th anniversary and called We the Peoples to honour the founding ideals and vision articulated in the UN Charter.
The honorees’ advocates, business leaders, UN humanitarian workers, and more strive for a more equitable and sustainable world.
The award-winning writer was recognized with a Global Leadership Award for her work using literature and storytelling to connect with people across generations and cultures on issues of gender and racial equality and being a leader on the frontlines of global progress. This comes after Adichie’s Half of A Yellow Sun was recently named in the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.
From transforming the global food system to defending human rights to using literature to connect with individuals on issues of equality, the We the People honorees continue to make invaluable contributions to the world.
The foundation recognizes that its work brings to life the goals enshrined in the UN Charter to promote peace, justice, and fundamental human rights for all people.
