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Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka was alongside nine others, conferred with a honorary degree from the University of Cambridge.
Soyinka, who is a playwright, poet, novelist and political activist, won the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986.
Other recipients, who are all professors, include mathematical physicist, Sir Roger Penrose; developmental biologist, Elizabeth Robertson; art historian, Simon Schama; and molecular biologist, John Walker.
The ceremony, which took place on Wednesday, was held at the varsity’s Senate House with over 400 staff, students and other guests in attendance.
Chancellor of the institution, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, presided over the ceremony, which was conducted in Latin and English.
