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Book Review: Girl Soldier - A Story of Hope for Northern Uganda's Children by Faith J. H. McDonnell and Grace Akallo |
| Published: August 20, 2007, 5:31 am |
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In Girl Soldier: A Story of Hope for Northern Uganda's Children, Grace Akallo describes how a man named Joseph Kony has effectively held her country hostage while the rest of the world remains blissfully ignorant. The notorious Idi Amin is long gone, thankfully, but Kony and his “Lord’s Resistance Army” remain at large. (Peace talks have caused a lull in the conflict for the past year or so.) As the name of his “resistance” movement -- really, a terrorist organization -- implies, Kony is at least nominally Christian. But his theology, such as it is, incorporates many elements of traditional Ugandan spiritualism, and his army receives financial and political support from the Islamist government in neighbouring Sudan. (Kony’s campaign of terror is inextricably linked to the better-known genocide in Darfur.) Kony’s real god is raw, unchallenged power, and his methods -- specifically, the kidnapping, brainwashing, torture and murder of [ Full article ] |
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