UID:
almafu_9960119259602883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 210 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-78204-984-3
Series Statement:
Eastern African studies
Uniform Title:
Alice und die Geister.
Content:
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.〈br〉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.〈br〉〈br〉North America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Aug 2017).
,
The Troubles of an Anthropologist
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The History & Ethnogenesis of the Acholi
,
The Crisis
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The War of the Holy Spirit Mobile Forces
,
The Holy Spirit Movement as a Regional Cult
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The March on Kampala
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The History of Religions in Acholi
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Alice & the Spirits
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The Texts of the Holy Spirit Movement
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The War in Acholi, 1987 96
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
DOI:
10.1515/9781782049845
URL:
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781782049845/type/BOOK
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