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Her achievements includes the fact that:
In 1954, Kwali 's pots were featured in the International exhibition of Abuja pottery organized by Michael Cardew.

Kwali was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 1963.

In 1977, she was awarded an honorary doctoral degree from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria.

In 1980, the Nigerian Government (from the Cabinet Office of the Federal Republic of Nigeria) invested on her with the insignia of the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award (NNOM), the highest national honor for academic achievement.

She also received the national honor of the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) in 1981.

Her picture appears at the back of the Nigerian N20 Naira bill.

A major street in Abuja is called Ladi Kwali Road.

The Sheraton Hotel houses the Ladi Kwali Convention Center, which is one of the largest conference facilities in Abuja, consisting of ten meeting rooms and four ballrooms.

Her works are held in collection all around the world, such as Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, USA, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Aberystwyth University Ceramics Gallery, UK

The 2022 exhibition at Two Temple Place Body Vessel Clay, Black Women, Ceramics & Contemporary Art included Kwali as the starting point for charting 70 years of ceramics by black women artists.

The Google Doodle for March 16 2022 was in honor of Ladi Kwali.

Our collective intellect as a nation made us the Giant of Africa

That's incredible