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Sunday, October 25, 2026

Carnegie Mellon didn’t discipline me for my anti-white hate, call to violence: Uju Anya

Ms Anya earned a reputation for mocking white people and celebrating their deaths.

and • October 25, 2026
Professor Uju Anya
Professor Uju Anya[Credit: The Guardian Via Laura Petrilla]

Nigerian professor Uju Anya, who scorned the late Queen Elizabeth as a “wretched woman” and is notorious for her provocative anti-white hot takes on social media, says Carnegie Mellon University did not take any disciplinary action against her over her posts or call to violence.

Ms Anya had faced calls for her dismissal from Carnegie Mellon in September after she said, “die first, White man and ask yourself why I’m dancing,” while responding to a post on X by Wuhan Fourth Turning Swan (@TheWuhanClan).

Ms Anya, in a statement on X on Saturday, however, said a lot had happened to her.

“A lot happened to me, don’t sleep. A whole lot. But ain’t nobody fire me, discipline me, send me on leave, or any of that shit,” the professor stated.

The College Republicans of Carnegie Mellon University were among those pressuring the institution to sack Ms Anya following the incident, saying, “A university that prides itself on inclusion and safety cannot allow a faculty member who promotes violence, even rhetorically, to remain on its payroll.”

Meanwhile, the university had earlier rebuked Ms Anya in a statement, distancing itself from her posts and noting that she was on voluntary leave from the institution.

“Dr. Uju Anya is currently on voluntary professional leave from the university and is not teaching courses on our campus this academic year,” Carnegie Mellon University wrote on X on Saturday. “We are deeply concerned by recent hostile and threatening social media posts by Dr. Anya and are reviewing this matter closely,” the university said.

It added, “To be clear: These posts incorrectly imply our university’s endorsement and are contrary to our community standards and values as well as our commitment to fostering a safe, respectful and welcoming campus community.”

Ms Anya, a Nigerian of Igbo origin, earned a reputation for mocking white people and celebrating their deaths. In 2022, she wished the Queen “an agonizingly painful death like the one she caused for millions of people” in a tweet.

“I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating,” Ms Anya tweeted in September 2022.

The professor, who also gained notoriety for promoting ethnic hatred on X, especially against the Hausa and Yoruba populations, was an associate professor of second language acquisition and director of the language programme at Carnegie Mellon University.

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