United States based female Professor of Linguistics, Uju Anya, over the weekend had her lesbian partner Dr Sirry Alang proposed to her.
In a terse statement on Instagram, Dr Anya said, “My darling love, Dr Sirry Alang asked me to be her wife and I said yes.”
Both had been married to male partners in previous years and had children but later divorced.
Dr Sirry Alang is of Cameroonian descent and holds a Ph.D in Health Policy and Management from the University of Minnesota.
Dr Uju Anya is of Nigerian descent.
Same-sex marriage was legalized in the State of Minnesota, where the duo live, on August 1, 2013.