Ugonna Okegwo (haihuwa Maris 15, 1962) ta kasance Ba Jamushen-Nijeriya jazz bassist kuma mawaki tushen a New York City. An haifeshi a Landan, Okegwo dan Christel Katharina Lulf da Madueke Benedict Okegwo. A cikin 1963 dangin suka ƙaura zuwa Münster, Jamus, inda Okegwo ya girma. Yayinda yake matashi ya ji daɗin aiki da hannuwan sa kuma ya kunna baƙin lantarki. Tun yana ɗan shekara 21, ya ɗauki darasi game da yin goge-goge kuma ya fara wasa madaidaiciya bass . A cikin 1986 Okegwo ya koma Berlin kuma ya yi karatu tare da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Jay Oliver da mai kaɗa fyaɗe Walter Norris . Daga nan ya shiga ƙungiyar Lou Blackburn ta trombonist don rangadi a Turai kuma ya yi wasa tare da Joe Newman, Oliver Jackson da Manjo Holley . A 1989 Okegwo ya koma New York City kuma yayi aiki tare da saxophonists Big Nick Nicholas, Junior Cook da James Spaulding . Ya yi aiki tare da mai rera waka Jon Hendricks akai-akai. Ya sami digiri na farko a Fine Arts daga Jami'ar Long Island, yana kammala karatun digiri a 1994.