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.
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.
13–15), appear on http://www.sentinelpoetry.org.uk/magonline1105/Joshua_Uzoigwe.htm Archived 1 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine In 1993, he published his study on Akin Euba (ISBN 9783927510166)[2] Joshua Uzoigwe married Joanne McGuckin in Nigeria in 1981.
Joyce Adewumi, founder of the New York African Chorus Ensemble (http://www.nyafricanensemble.com/) and a close friend and former colleague of Uzoigwe’s, writes that her "work at the New York African Chorus Ensemble is dedicated to Joshua and it couldn't have been possible without his influence in my life".