Forgiveness as a Solution to the Northern Uganda Civil War: Opportunities and Challenges

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angualia Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Northern Uganda

From Kingdoms to Protectorate to New Nation

2019 ◽  
pp. 20-59
Author(s):  
David A. Hoekema
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Middle East ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Slave Trade ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
Northern Uganda ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
Regional Control ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Nation

To set the background for the civil war in northern Uganda and the interfaith organization that was created to work for its resolution, the present chapter reviews the history of the region. Beginning with indigenous populations organized into kingdoms and ethnic communities, the slave trade that linked East Africa with the Middle East, and the competition among European powers for regional control, the chapter traces the transition from British protectorate to independent nation and the tumultuous period that followed, under the repressive regimes of Milton Obote and Idi Amin.

Lakwena, Alice

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heike Behrend
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Refugee Camp ◽  
Northern Uganda ◽  
Holy War ◽  
Unique Form ◽  
Northern Kenya ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Government

Alice Lakwena’s transformation from a healer into a Christian prophetess occurred during a period of civil war and unrest in Uganda. In 1986, she founded the Holy Spirit Mobile Forces (HSMF) in northern Uganda and waged war against the government of Yoweri Museveni. Above all, her power was based on the practice of possession by gendered spirits, a ritual that fostered a unique form of holy war. Though her forces were defeated, and she later died in a refugee camp in northern Kenya, her fame continued to grow after her death.

scholarly journals Traumer og ånder efter krig i Uganda: Konfigurationer af vold og behandling

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (26) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Hedegaard Williams ◽  
Lotte Meinert
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Spirit Possession ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Social Contagion ◽  
Northern Uganda ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Evil Spirits ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Devil

I kølvandet på 20 års borgerkrig i det nordlige Uganda fulgte en bølge af traumer, onde ånder og vold, som fortsat forpester livet og fordrer handling. Brutaliteten og de mange ubegravede lig som krigen efterlod, opleves af mange som årsag til forskellige former for åndelig og social kontaminering. I en biomedicinsk forståelse beskrives forstyrrelserne som Post Traumatisk Stress Syndrom (PTSD), hos de traditionelle behandlere (ajwaki) kaldes fænomenerne cen, og i kirkerne betragtes problemerne som djævlens værk. Der er bred enighed mellem de forskellige tilgange om, at noget er galt, og folk lider herunder, men de varierende begrebsliggørelser af problemerne peger mod forskellige handlemuligheder. Igennem en fyldig skildring af en enkelt case analyserer vi disse problemer og behandlingsformer med begreber om social smitte, kontaminering, og konfigurationer. Vi argumenterer med begrebet konfiguration for, at problemer med traumer og ånder både konstitueres af krigens vold og de forskelligartede, men begrænsede behandlingsmuligheder, som er tilgængelig i det nordlige Uganda i dag.Trauma and spirits after war in Uganda: Configurations of violence and treatmentIn the aftermath of 20 years of civil war in northern Uganda lives in the Acholi-region are still polluted by trauma, evil spirits and violence. The brutality and the many unburied bodies left behind by the war are experienced by many as the reason for a variety of forms of social and spiritual pollution. These maladies are understood as PTSD in biomedical terms, as the spirit possession cen by local, traditional healers and as the work of the devil within the many churches. There is a broader agreement between these different positions that something is wrong and that families and individuals are suffering, but the variety of conceptualizations of the problems point towards different paths of action. In presenting an analysis of these problems and forms of treatment, by applying the concepts of social contagion, contamination and configurations.  We argue with the concept of configuration, that problems with trauma and spirits are constituted both by the violence of the war and the various, but limited treatment options that are available in northern Uganda today.

Dynamics of One-sided Violence in the Civil War in Northern Uganda

Civil Wars ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margit Bussmann
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Northern Uganda

Generations and Access to Land in Postconflict Northern Uganda: “Youth Have No Voice in Land Matters”

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Reynolds Whyte ◽  
Esther Acio
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Northern Uganda ◽  
Land Conflicts ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Land Access ◽  
The Many ◽  
Land Use Rights

Abstract:Generational tensions are one of the many forms that land conflicts take in northern Uganda. The convention in Acholiland was that young men gained land-use rights through their fathers and young women gained them through their husbands. This pattern of generational governance has become complicated in the wake of the civil war and decades of internment in IDP camps. Lacking husbands, young women are using land of their patrilateral kin, while young men who grew up with their mothers may use that of their matrilateral relatives. This article, based on fieldwork in the Acholi subregion between 2014 and 2016, explores classic anthropological concerns about gerontocracy and patriliny in a contemporary postconflict situation. It describes the discreet land access strategies of young men and women and the ways in which they seek to complement dependence on relatives by renting or buying land. The image of the “war generation” as morally spoiled is countered by an examination of the consequences of war and internment for young people’s claims to use land.

Preferences and Civil War in Northern Uganda: Post-Traumatic Growth Reconsidered

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 433-453
Author(s):  
Matthew Lowes ◽  
Jeffrey Carpenter ◽  
Peter Hans Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Risk Tolerance ◽  
Northern Uganda ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Post Traumatic Growth ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Measures Of Risk ◽  
The One ◽  
Survey Measure ◽  
Growth Hypothesis

Abstract We exploit the largely exogenous character of abduction and displacement in northern Uganda during the recent civil war to estimate the effects of each on experimental measures of risk tolerance, altruism, trust and trustworthiness, as well as a survey measure of patience. Our analysis reveals the limitations of the ‘post-traumatic growth’ hypothesis. In most cases preferences are unaffected by these traumas and in the one domain in which we identify a significant effect, it is contrary to the hypothesis—people who were both abducted and displaced are 21 percentage points less likely to take a risk.

scholarly journals Why Acholi Traditional War Rituals Cannot Reintegrate Female Lord’s Resistance Army Combatants: A Case Study of Kwero Merok War Ritual

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-79
Author(s):  
Wotsuna Khamalwa ◽  
Emeline Ndossi
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Northern Uganda ◽  
Lord's Resistance Army ◽  
The Status ◽  
Lord’S Resistance Army

The Acholi are Nilotic Negroes who are part of the Lwo speaking people who migrated from Bahr-el Ghazal in the Sudan about 1600 AD. A section of the Acholi community under the umbrella of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) waged a civil war against the sitting government of Uganda in 1986. LRA rebels abducted numerous children from Acholi-land and the neighbouring Lango community in northern Uganda regardless of their gender. The female returnees, whether they were recruited willingly or otherwise, are believed to have committed atrocities towards their own Acholi people during the period of insurgency. During their re-integration, these women were culturally challenged, not only for the atrocities they were believed to have committed while in the bush, but because of their status as women who violated their gender role status. The Acholi traditional culture does not approve of female combatants and some of the society members hold strong reservations regarding the new status of these women! They argue that the status of these former combatants who took lives of their own kin and kith is incongruent with Acholi perception of women as life givers, carer-givers and protectors! The article cautions that the stigma that the female returnees experience even after going through the different rituals is an indication that they are not fully reintegrated! Acholi traditional culture was in this case selected because it has been a pioneer through its traditional rituals to reintegrate these women in the Northern Ugandan community. However, it was noted in this article that cultural rituals such as kwero merok cannot fully reintegrate LRA female combatants.

scholarly journals Insecurity in Northern Uganda: Are People Being Given the Protection They Deserve?

Refuge ◽  
1998 ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
Cathy Majtenyi
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Northern Uganda ◽  
Lord's Resistance Army ◽  
The North ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
The Government ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
Lord’S Resistance Army

The civil war between the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rages on in Northern Uganda, leaving behind a trail of kidnappings, death and destruction despite measures to protect civilians. Ultimate security for the Acholi and others who live in the North will only come about with an end to the12-year-old conflict, which would be accomplished by negotiations between the two sides. Unfortunately, misinformation -- and a noticeable lack of information, especially from the LRA--are major impediments to determining the war's root causes and who is responsible for the instability. This paper argues that, for a successful end to the war, the government must cease its propaganda war, which is mainly being played out in an uncritical and biased media, and the LRA must be clear about its message. Honest discussion and analytical reporting will greatly facilitate the negotiation process.

Peace Comes to Northern Uganda

2019 ◽  
pp. 155-186
Author(s):  
David A. Hoekema
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
International Criminal Court ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Northern Uganda ◽  
The Hague ◽  
International Awareness ◽  
Ugandan Government

In the early 2000s the civil war in northern Uganda raged on, and ARLPI continued to pursue its goals of assistance to the war’s victims and advocacy for a resolution. Growing international awareness brought more humanitarian assistance and more pressure on the Ugandan government to end the suffering; but government attacks continued, and brutal reprisals followed. Indictment of LRA leaders by the International Criminal Court in The Hague complicated the peace process, because of fears of arrest and extradition. ARLPI and other concerned observers succeeded at last in convening peace talks in Juba in 2006, leading to the withdrawal of LRA forces from Uganda in the years following, in spite of the lack of any formally authorized agreement.

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