He fought Babylon with his lyrics: Life and times of Ras Kimono 1958-2018

Uche Uwaezuoke Okonkwo is a Nigerian Social Historian with a research interest in Health History, Music and Popular Cultural Studies, Gender, and Sexual Studies, Church History, Igbo Studies, Slave Studies. Sports History, Alcohol and Commodity marketing. Uche is the author of over 12 books and monographs in various fields of Social and Economic History. In addition, he has done a few biographical studies on Archdeacon Dennis, Pita Nwana, and Bob Marley. His articles in scholarly journals are over fifty as well as over 100 conference papers to his credit. His vast teaching experience span many Nigerian universities such as Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Federal University Wukari, Taraba State, Godfrey Okoye University Enugu and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Uche Uwaezuoke Okonkwo holds a PhD in History and Strategic Studies from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and was a recipient of the University of Lagos Graduate Fellowship (2007-2009). He is a Visiting Senior Research Associate at the Becker Freidman Institute for Economics and a Scholar in residence at the Harris School of Public Policy Kelly Centre at the University of Chicago, USA. Uche is a widely traveled academic and has won several travel research grants across Africa, Europe, and USA. He has solely authored We Drank Palm Wine Until They Arrived: A Socio-Economic History of Alcohol in Southeastern Nigeria (New Jersey: Goldline and Jacobs, 2017) and co-authored Witchcraft and Nigerian Historiography (New Jersey: Goldline and Jacobs, 2024). He is one of the co-editors of the book Election Has No Meaning: A Re-Appraisal of the 2023 General Elections in Nigeria (Berlin, Galda Verlag, 2024) and the book editor of Bob Marley and the Struggle for Social Justice in Africa (Galda Verlag, 2024)