Background
Uzoigwe was born in Umuahia, Abia State (formerly Imo State), Nigeria.
Uzoigwe was born in Umuahia, Abia State (formerly Imo State), Nigeria.
University of Nigeria. King"s College, Lagos. Guildhall School of and Drama.
Queen"s University Belfast
Foreign his secondary education, Joshua attended King"s College, Lagos before going on to International School Ibadan to study for his Advanced Level Certificate.
And a Doctor of Philosophy in ethnomusicology.
He began his education at the village primary school in Umuagu. From 1970 to 1973, he was at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he began his studies in music Uzoigwe lectured in at three universities in Nigeria, starting from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, then University of Nigeria Nsukka and finally University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom State.
He got very lucky with a breakthrough when he was 21.
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He performed many concerts during the Biafran Civil War and was a member of the Odunke Community of Artists, which strove to sustain cultural life during that civil war and to foster Igbo culture in all its dimensions from its base at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.