HARVARD UNIVERSITY HONOURS A NIGERIAN ARTIST

Kehinde Wiley, Nigerian Artist Who Painted Obama, Honoured By Harvard University

Kehinde alongside seven others — Florence Ladd, Kenneth Chenault, Shirley Ann Jackson, Pamela Joyner, Bryan Stevenson, Dave Chappelle, and Colin Kaepernick — received the medals for their works in various fields.

Kehinde Wiley, a Nigerian painter, who was authorized to do a portrait of former United States President Barack Obama, has been honoured with the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal by Harvard University.

On Thursday, Kehinde alongside seven others — Florence Ladd, Kenneth Chenault, Shirley Ann Jackson, Pamela Joyner, Bryan Stevenson, Dave Chappelle, and Colin Kaepernick — gained the medals for their works in several .

Past awards have been bestowed on Muhammad Ali (2015) and Maya Angelou (2014), and is Harvard’s highest honor in the field of African and African American studies.