Uche Uwazuoke Okonkwo 
Bob Marley: Pan Africanism and the Struggle for Social Justice in Africa [PDF ebook] 

This is a collection of essays from the International Symposium in Honour of
Bob Marley: 40 Years After, held on 11 May 2021 at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The essays examine the contributions of Bob Marley towards the sustenance of the philosophy of Pan-Africanism as well as the intellectual
ideology of Marcus Garvey. It also looked at reggae music as an effective means of disseminating information and making discontent or disaffection and as well explores the nexus between the struggle for the emancipation
and liberation for the African continent. The Bob Marley’s Redemption songs inspired the need to unite and fight against the repressive tendencies of the neo-colonialists agents militating against Africa. The essays in this volume are multidimensional from scholars of different backgrounds in humanities and social sciences. It recreates the nexus between music, history, philosophy and popular culture. Bob Marley provides the template of new epistemological
rethinking of teaching history and decoloniality from the lens of music. This volume provides a new dimension of understanding the African narratives in slavery, colonialism and neo-colonialism. It challenges western filer thoughts on the persistent struggle of class struggle and imperial instituted regimes in Africa.

About the author

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