Adichie is set to receive the award alongside American chemist and Nobel laureate Thomas R Cech and former American diplomat and government official, Susan E Rice.
The announcement comes less than two weeks after the Half of a Yellow Sun author was honoured with a Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Awards. Adichie has also been a recipient of an honorary doctorate award from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college located in Brunswick, Maine, and was rated one of the top three liberal arts school in 2017.
A statement from the college’s website reads: “This year’s honorary degree recipients are MacArthur genius grant and Nigerian-born author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.”