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Alice Lakwena & the Holy Spirits

Paperback • 2000 • English • 1. edition

Alice Lakwena & the Holy Spirits: War in Northern Uganda 1986-97 (Eastern African Studies)

By Heike Behrend

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About the book

In August 1986, Alice Auma, a young Acholi woman in northern Uganda, proclaiming herself under the orders of a Christian spirit named Lakwena, raised an army called the “Holy Spirit Mobile Forces.” With it she waged a war against perceived evil, not only an external enemy represented by the National Resistance Army of the government, but internal enemies in the form of “impure” soldiers, witches, and sorcerers. She came very close to her goal of overthrowing the government but was defeated and f...Show more

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ISBN

9780821413111

Publisher

Ohio University Press

Published year

2000

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Alice Lakwena & the Holy Spirits

Format

Paperback

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