- 1963: The East Africa Novel Prize
- 1964: Unesco First Prize for his debut novel Weep Not Child, at the first World Festival of Black Arts in Dakar, Senegal
- 1973: The Lotus Prize for Literature, at Alma Atta, Khazakhistan
- 1992 (6 April): The Paul Robeson award for Artistic Excellence, Political Conscience and Integrity, in Philadelphia, U.S.
- 1992 (October): honoured by New York University by being appointed to the Erich Maria Remarque Professorship in Languages to "acknowledge extraordinary scholarly achievement, strong leadership in the University Community and the Profession and significant contribution to our educational mission."
- 1993: The Zora Neale Hurston-Paul Robeson Award, for artistic and scholarly achievement, awarded by the National Council for Black Studies, in Accra, Ghana
- 1994 (October): The Gwendolyn Brooks Center Contributors Award for significant contribution to The Black Literary Arts
- 1996: The Fonlon-Nichols Prize, New York, for Artistic Excellence and Human Rights
- 2001: Nonino International Prize for Literature[60][61]
- 2002: Zimbabwe International Book Fair, "The Best Twelve African Books of the Twentieth Century."
- 2002 (July): Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature, UCI.
- 2002 (October): Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Cabinet Awarded by the International Scientific Committee of the Pio Manzu Centre, Rimini, Italy.
- 2003 (May): Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
- 2003 (December): Honorary Life Membership of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA),
- 2004 (23–28 February): Visiting Fellow, Humanities Research Centre.
- 2006: Wizard of the Crow is No. 3 on Time magazine's Top 10 Books of the Year (European edition)[62]
- 2006: Wizard of the Crow is one of The Economist's Best Books of the Year[63][64]
- 2006: Wizard of the Crow is one of Salon.com's picks for Best Fiction of the year[65]
- 2006: Wizard of the Crow is the winner of the Winter 2007 Read This! for Lit-Blog Co-Op; The Literary Saloon
- 2006: Wizard of the Crow highlighted in the Washington Post’s Favorite Books of the year.
- 2007: Wizard of the Crow - longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
- 2007: Wizard of the Crow - finalist on the NAACP Image Award for Fiction
- 2007: Wizard of the Crow - shortlisted for the 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book – Africa.[66]
- 2007: Wizard of the Crow - Gold medal winner in Fiction for the 2007 California Book Awards[67]
- 2007: Wizard of the Crow - 2007 Aspen Prize for Literature
- 2007: Wizard of the Crow – finalist for the 2007 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Black Literature
- 2008: Wizard of the Crow nominated for the 2008 IMPAC Dublin Award[68]
- 2008 (2 April): Order of the Elder of Burning Spear (Kenya Medal – conferred by Kenya’s Ambassador to the United States in Los Angeles).
- 2008: (October, 24) Grinzane for Africa Award
- 2008: Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.[69]
- 2009: Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize[70][71]
- 2011: (17 February) Africa Channel Literary Achievement Award.
- 2012: National Book Critics Circle Award (finalist Autobiography) for In the House of the Interpreter[72]
- 2012 (31 March): W.E.B. Du Bois Award, National Black Writer’s Conference, New York.[73]
- 2013 (October): UCI Medal
- 2014: Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences[74]
- 2014: Nicolás Guillén Lifetime Achievement Award for Philosophical Literature[75]
- 2014 (16 November): Honoured at Archipelago Books' 10th anniversary gala in New York.[76]
- 2016: Park Kyong-ni Prize[77]
- 2016 (14 December): Sanaa Theatre Awards/Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of excellence in Kenyan Theatre, Kenya National Theatre.[78]
- 2017: Los Angeles Review of Books/UCR Creative Writing Lifetime Achievement Award[79]
- 2018: Grand Prix des mécènes of the GPLA 2018, for his entire body of work.[80]
- 2019: Premi Internacional de Catalunya Award for his Courageous work and Advocacy for African languages
- 2021: Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize for The Perfect Nine
- 2021: Elected a Royal Society of Literature International Writer[81]
- 2022: PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature[82]
Honorary degrees
- Albright College, Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa, 1994
- University of Leeds, Honorary doctorate of Letters (LittD), 2004
- Walter Sisulu University (formerly U. Transkei), South Africa, Honorary Degree, Doctor of Literature and Philosophy, July 2004.
- California State University, Dominguez Hills, Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, May 2005.
- Dillard University, New Orleans, Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, May 2005.
- University of Auckland, Honorary doctorate of Letters (LittD), 2005
- New York University, Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters, 15 May 2008
- University of Dar es Salaam, Honorary doctorate in Literature, 2013[83]
- University of Bayreuth, Honorary doctorate (Dr. phil. h.c.), 2014[61]
- KCA University, Kenya, Honorary Doctorate degree of Human Letters (honoris causa) in Education, 27 November 2016
- Yale University, Honorary doctorate (D.Litt. h.c.), 2017[84]
- University of Edinburgh, Honorary doctorate (D.Litt.), 2019[85]
- Honorary PhD, Roskilde, Denmark
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