Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits

War in Northern Uganda 1986-87

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3933165
AutoresKelly Ward (0000-0002-3810-0889), Kevin Ward (0009-0009-7153-8872), Heike Behrend
Año2001
Volumen31
Número2
Páginas238
Fecha de publicación2001-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1581519
OpenAlexW1991237247
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas62

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