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Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits [electronic resource] : War in Northern Uganda, 1985-97.

By: Series: Eastern African studiesPublication details: Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (225 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780821445709
  • 0821445707
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits : War in Northern Uganda, 1985-97DDC classification:
  • 299.69761
LOC classification:
  • BL2480.A33B4413 1999
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures & Tables; Preface; Foreword; 1. The Troubles of an Anthropologist; 2. The History & Ethnogenesis of the Acholi; 3. The Crisis; 4. The War of the Holy Spirit Mobile Forces; 5. The Holy Spirit Movement as a Regional Cult; 6. The March on Kampala; 7. The History of Religions in Acholi; 8. Alice & the Spirits; 9. The Texts of the Holy Spirit Movement; 10. The War in Acholi, 1987-96; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Summary: 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.""
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Cover; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures & Tables; Preface; Foreword; 1. The Troubles of an Anthropologist; 2. The History & Ethnogenesis of the Acholi; 3. The Crisis; 4. The War of the Holy Spirit Mobile Forces; 5. The Holy Spirit Movement as a Regional Cult; 6. The March on Kampala; 7. The History of Religions in Acholi; 8. Alice & the Spirits; 9. The Texts of the Holy Spirit Movement; 10. The War in Acholi, 1987-96; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

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.""

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