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Joshua Uzoigwe

Joshua Uzoigwe (1 July 1946 – 15 October 2005) was a Nigerian composer and ethnomusicologist. A member of the Igbo ethnic group, many of his works draw on the traditional music of that people. Early

Joshua Uzoigwe (1 July 1946 – 15 October 2005) was a Nigerian composer and ethnomusicologist. A member of the Igbo ethnic group, many of his works draw on the traditional music of that people. Early life and education Uzoigwe was born in Umuahia, the capital city of Abia State (formerly Imo State), located in the southeastern region of Nigeria. He began his education at the village primary school in Umuagu. Most of his early life was spent with his older brother, Sunday Uzoigwe, who was then employed at the University of Ibadan. For his secondary education, Joshua attended King’s College, Lagos before going on to International School Ibadan to study for his Advanced Level Certificate. From 1970 to 1973, he was at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he began his studies in music. He completed his undergraduate degree (1973–77) at the Guildhall College of Music, London, and from 1977 to 1981 he attended Queen’s University Belfast, attaining both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology. Career Uzoigwe lectured in Music at three universities in Nigeria, starting from the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife in Osun State, southwestern Nigeria, then University of Nigeria Nsukka

Era
Post-War
Lived
1946–2005
From
Nigeria
Born in
Umuahia
Known as
composer, ethnomusicologist, musicologist, academic, pianist

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.