Alice Lakwena

Alice Auma (1956 – 17 January 2007) na she be a Ugandan spirit-medium wey, as de head of de Holy Spirit Movement (HSM), lead a millennial rebellion against de Ugandan government forces of Presido Yoweri Museveni from August 1986 til November 1987. Na de primary spirit she purportedly channel be dat of a dead army officer dem call "Lakwena", wey dey mean messenger, wich those from de Acholi ethnic group dey believe to be a manifestation of de Christian Holy Spirit. Na de combined persona of Alice Auma wey dey channel de spirit Lakwena be often referred to as "Alice Lakwena". Na Auma ein HSM ultimately be defeated insyd November 1987 by Ugandan forces wey Yoweri Museveni lead.

 Early life 
Na dem born Alice Auma insyd 1956. Na she be de daughter of Severino Lukoya, self-proclaimed prophet den founder of de Jerusalem Melter Church insyd Gulu. Na leader of de Lord's Resistance Army Joseph Kony previously claim dat Auma dem am be cousins, however, na he merely do so so say he go garner support from ein constituents. Na Auma einself always distance einself from Kony den ein views.

 Biography 
Na she remain childless after two marriages, Auma move away from ein hometown. Na she eventually convert to Christianity buh, na on 25 May 1985, she reportedly go insane, unable to either hear anaa speak, later she claim she be possessed by de spirit Lakwena. Na ein poppie take am to eleven different witches, buh na none alleviate ein condition. Na Auma claim Lakwena then guide am to Murchison Falls National Park, wer na she disappear for 40 days wey na she return a spirit-medium, a traditional ethnic religious role.

Later life den death
Na Auma live insyd de Ifo refugee camp near Dadaab insyd northern Kenya for de remainder of ein life, wey na she claim de spirits abandon am. 

Insyd November 2004, na dem implicate am insyd child trafficking from Gulu to de refugee camp. Insyd 2006, na she claimed she discover a cure give HIV/AIDS. Auma die on 17 January 2007, after na she be sick for about a week plus an unknown illness dem claim to be HIV/AIDS. 

 Critical reception 
Insyd ein book Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits. War in Northern Uganda 1986–97, na social anthropologist Heike Behrend analyze de biography of  Alice Lakwena den de history of de Lord's Resistance Army insyd Uganda from anthropological perspectives.
 References 

 External links 
 "Resistance Army Leader in Kenya after 'Holy War'" (streaming audio) by Eric Westervelt, National Public Radio'''s Weekend Edition Saturday, 12 November 2005
 "Uganda's mystic rebel leader dies", BBC News Online, 17 January 2007
 Rebel leader was seen as 'spiritual medium', Mail & Guardian''
 "SOLDIER BOYS" Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army Video made in 2000 for CTV (Canada), featuring an interview with Alice Lakwena.

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