Nigerian-born US associate professor Uju Anya, who wished the dying Queen Elizabeth an ‘excruciating’ death, has said that the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos, who called her out for her comments, incited violence against her.
Anya, who teaches at Carnegie Mellon University, had accused the queen of sponsoring the “genocide” that led to her family being displaced.
In an interview with The Cut, Anya said, “Jeff Bezos incited violence against me. He rarely tweets in his own voice, but he took the time to single me out when literally half the planet rejoiced over the news.
“I can’t ignore the racism and misogyny — the emails I’ve been getting all start with the N-word, bitch, genetically inferior, all kinds of things. I don’t open them, but I see the subject lines.
“In my tweet, I did not wish her death. I did not tell anyone to kill her. I said nothing except wishing her the pain in death that she caused for millions of people. There’s not going to be any apology from me. I stand by what I said.
“As a direct recipient of her governance and as the child of colonial subjects, I reserve the right to say what this woman’s life and monarchy and the history of the British monarchy as a whole means to me.”
Anya added that Elizabeth was a “representative of the cult of white womanhood.”
Her stance adds to the criticism that has followed the royal family’s alleged racist treatment of Prince Harry’s wife Meghan Markle.
“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,” the associate professor added.
