Nothing really to report, other than this AWESOME video clip about the Lord's Resistance Army, the rebel army of Uganda's civil war. Its a little outdated (2003) but I still think it gives a nice overview (and some great visuals) of what I'll be doing in Uganda. Gulu, in the heart of northern Acholiland, where I'll be, was the center of the most violence for the last 20 years.
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| Gulu, Uganda... my home for about 6 weeks of the program. |
UPDATE since this video was made:
Since about 2008, the LRA has moved out of Northern Uganda and into the Sudan and the DRC. (Night commuting, a huge focus of this video, no longer occurs.)
Although the LRA is not currently a threat to the people of Uganda, the aftermath of their terror is exactly what I'll be studying. This society has been living in fear for over 20 years (...think of it this way: Ugandans my age have never known anything but war), and now they must rebuild and rehabilitate their communities, not to mention their children.
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