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Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits: War in Northern Uganda, 1986-97.

Publication: African Studies Quarterly
Publication Date: 22-MAR-03 		Format: Online - approximately 519 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits: War in Northern Uganda, 1986-97.(Book Review)

Article Excerpt
by Heike Behrend. Oxford: James Curry, 1999. 210 pp.

The aim of Heike Behrend's work is to present a history of the Ugandan rebel movement and its organization under its charismatic leader Alice Auma. Translated from German, Behrend explains how Alice, under the possession of a Christian spirit named Lakwena, raises the Holy Spirit Mobile Forces (HSMF). The author does this through field interviews with former members of the HSMF. Through them we are given a clear...

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