Autor: Uche Uwazuoke Okonkwo

Dr. UCHE UWAEZUOKE OKONKWO holds a Ph D 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. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and International Studies, at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. 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