Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits

War in Northern Uganda 1986-87

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3933165
AutoresKelly Ward (0000-0002-3810-0889), Kevin Ward (0009-0009-7153-8872), Heike Behrend
Ano2001
Volume31
Fascículo2
Páginas238
Data de publicação2001-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1581519
OpenAlexW1991237247
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas62

In August 1986, Alice Auma, a young Acholi woman in northern Uganda, proclaiming herself under the orders of a Christian spirit, raised an army called the 'Holy Spirit Mobile Forces' and with it waged a war, not only against the National Resistance Army of the government but also against internal enemies in the form of 'impure' soldiers, witches and sorcerers. She came close to her goal of overthrowing the government but was defeated and fled to Kenya.This book gives an account of the movement from within, based on interviews with and writings of its members, and concludes with an account of the successor movements into which Alice's forces fragmented, including the 'Lord's Resistance Army', actively involved in the civil wars of the Sudan and Uganda.North America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers

African studies · Alice (programming language) · Anthropology of religion · Archaeology · Art history · History of religions · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · History · Philosophy · Religious studies