Nigerian-born Professor Uju Anya, has explained why she wished Queen Elizabeth II a painful and excruciating death.
Professor Anya became a subject of dragging on social media for her comments the longest-serving in British history passed on, prior to the announcement of the Queen’s death.
She accused Queen Elizabeth II of supporting the “genocide” that led to the death of 3 million civilians in Nigeria during the Biafra war.
On why she made a comment, Anya in an interview with The Cut, labeled Queen Elizabeth a “representative of the cult of white womanhood.”
Professor Uju said:
“On Thursday, I was just reading the BBC, which had been making announcements that there were worries for the queen’s health and death was imminent.
“It brought on a whole lot of emotions and pain — primarily pain — about who this monarch was and what she represented, not just in the broad sense of what her throne represents, the legacy of enslavement and colonialism, but also the direct harm.
“People say, “Oh, she’s just a figurehead, she didn’t really do anything,” as if she’s somehow withdrawn from this. They tell me, “You’re talking about colonialism. Was that even in your lifetime?”
“My experience of who she was, and the British government she supervised, is a very painful one. The harm shaped my entire life and continues to be my story and that of the people she harmed — that her government harmed, that her kingdom harmed, however you want to frame it.
“The genocide of the Biafra killed 3 million Igbo people, and the British government wasn’t just in political support of the people who perpetrated this massacre; they directly funded it. They gave it political cover and legitimacy.”
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