Living with Bad Surroundings: War, History, and Everyday Moments in Northern Uganda

by Sverker Finnstr'om and Sverker Finnström

Book Overview

Since 1986, the Acholi people of northern Uganda have lived in the crossfire of a violent civil war, with the Lord's Resistance Army and other groups fighting the Ugandan government. Acholi have been murdered, maimed, and driven into displacement. Thousands of children have been abducted and forced to fight. Many observers have perceived Acholiland and northern Uganda to be an exception in contemporary Uganda, which has been celebrated by the international...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822341913
• ISBN13: 9780822341918
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"