Uju Anya, a Nigerian-American associate professor at Carnegie Mellon who ignited a firestorm on Twitter by speaking out against Queen Elizabeth II, doubled down on her comments during a podcast int…
when she wished Queen Elizabeth II an “excruciating” death has doubled down on her comments, saying she was trying to teach America about the monarchy’s role in an African genocide.
Hours later, it was announced that Britain’s longest-serving monarch died at age 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. In 1967 — seven years after Nigeria won independence for the UK — and 15 years into Queen Elizabeth’s reign — a conflict broke out between the Nigerian government and the Biafra separatists who fought for autonomy for the Igbo people, an ethnic minority facing persecution in parts of the country.Britain, seeking to maintain control of oil production in the region, sided with the Nigerian government and sent vast amounts of arms to be used against the rebels.
Anya, who was born six years after the war, said she blamed the Queen for the slaughter of her people. She addressed her online feud with the businessman on Wednesday, wondering aloud why he chose to rebuke her, even though she was not the only person expressing a critical opinion of the Queen.
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