Nigerian-born don, Professor Uju Anya, has sparked mixed reactions following tweets she made about the deceased Queen of England, Elizabeth II.
Before the announcement of the queen’s death, Anya shared a tweet on her verified handle where she bashed the monarch and wished her “an excruciating death”.
Professor Anya wrote on her Twitter page, “I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating.”
The tweet was however removed for violating twitter rules.
The Nigerian-born academic further accused Queen Elizabeth II of sponsoring the “genocide” that led to her family being displaced.
The professor, whose father is Igbo, did not explain the exact context of her comment regarding what she referred to as “sponsored the genocide that massacred and displaced half my family”.
If anyone expects me to express anything but disdain for the monarch who supervised a government that sponsored the genocide that massacred and displaced half my family and the consequences of which those alive today are still trying to overcome, you can keep wishing upon a star.
— Uju Anya (@UjuAnya) September 8, 2022
The university she lectures, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, however condemned the tweet.
The university, in reaction to the tweet, said although it believes in “free expression”, it does not condone the views expressed by the professor.
“We do not condone the offensive and objectionable messages posted by Uju Anya today on her personal social media account,” the post reads.
“Free expression is core to the mission of higher education, however, the views she shared absolutely do not represent the values of the institution no the standards of discourse we seek to foster.”
A statement regarding recent social media posts by Uju Anya. pic.twitter.com/NinpPa4rZg
— Carnegie Mellon University (@CarnegieMellon) September 8, 2022
See reactions on Twitter:
Such ugly hatred in your words. I pray you find peace in your heart through repentance of your wicked ways.
— Fr Calvin Robinson (@calvinrobinson) September 8, 2022
Uju Anya is not a freedom fighter. She runs harassment mobs & spew hate filled diatribes here often.
Nobody is ceding ground to postmodern neo-Marxist like you and Uju to use race & gender deceitfully as raison d'être for the backlash she’s duly received for her vile tweets. https://t.co/oFEi5NkNJg
— Groovy (@avogroovy) September 9, 2022
No mincing words; what Uju Anya wrote was distasteful – but you can't police how everyone reacts to yesterday's events.
That is the essence of "freedom of speech" (or so we have been told repeatedly).
— Onye Nkuzi (@cchukudebelu) September 9, 2022
Uju Anya's tweet was unnecessary. It's been 62 years since independence and our country is much more worse than when there was colonialism. Wether you like it or not, a black man is much more wicked to his kin than a white man.
We used our hands to sell our— Dickson Precious???????? (@Omasiri_chi) September 9, 2022
Notice they didn't say Uju Anya was wrong. They just said she was wrong for saying it.
This is how legacy institutions kill people's souls. You aren't supposed to say the quiet parts aloud no matter how factual. https://t.co/xjiTKBdXsH
— Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis (@KendraWrites) September 9, 2022
Uju Anya @UjuAnya is a prof at @CarnegieMellon university, where she teaches "linguistics." She's "Antiracist, feminist, ????️????⚢????️???? & researches into "Language learning+teaching, Blackness in multilingualism."
She wrote this vile tweet about the death of the Queen. pic.twitter.com/hDxcXjIwVu
— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) September 9, 2022
@CarnegieMellon this is the type of morons you have teaching at your University. Hope the whole world sees you for the racist institution you've established in Pittsburgh, PA pic.twitter.com/vzYTVynY6X
— BlkSymbioteLegends LLC Web Design (@BlkSymWebDesign) September 8, 2022
