Heike Behrend: 1 book
Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits
War in Northern Uganda, 1985–97
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2000
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...
