Michael's eyes
Subtitle: the war against the Ugandan child
By: edited by Raoul J. Granqvist
Series: Skrifter fraan moderna spraak -- nr. 21; Skrifter fraan moderna spraak -- nr. 21.
Publisher: Institutionen för moderna spraak, Umeaa universitet
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Umeaa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9789173059893
Subjects: Children and war; Child soldiers; Children; Crimes against; Child abuse
Description: This book is about the plight of children in Uganda. Girls have been abducted and forced into marriage or raped. Boys have been kidnapped and forced to become child soldiers. It relates experiences of abduction, rape, escape and rehabilitation and belief in their own capacity to survive. The child's perspective is maintained throughout the narratives that include interviews, short stories, poetry and pictures.