Child, victim, soldier
Subtitle: the loss of innocence in Uganda
By: Donald H. Dunson.
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Maryknoll, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9781570757990
Subjects: Kony, Joseph; Lord's Resistance Army; Children and war -- Uganda; Child soldiers -- Uganda; Children and violence -- Uganda; Political violence -- Uganda; Psychic trauma in children -- Uganda; Children -- Uganda -- Social conditions
Description: "Sunday Obote was only seven when he was kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group in northern Uganda. His life abruptly changed from peaceful village life, where he fished and hunted with his friends, to the savagery of the LRA. Sunday was turned into a child soldier trained to kill on demand, even killing other children." "Torn from their families in the dead of night and forced to carry out terrible acts, hundreds of children like Sunday bear terrifying scars on their bodies, minds, and souls. Fr. Dunson lets their stories be heard, often in their own voices. His text, accompanied by powerful photographs, also reflects on the presence of evil in the world and the desperate need for healing."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Meeting the victims; title: The beginnings of the lRA rebellion; title: The girls of St. Monica in search of the promises the future holds; title: Child soldiers : the youthful faces of war; title: The loss of parental love : the irreplaceable treasure; title: Chronicles from the war zone; title: Kony and Koresh shocking similarities; title: A moral reflection on child soldiers reclaiming their humanity; title: Acts of solidarity with child soldiers; title: .