First kill your family : child soldiers of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army

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Told through the voices of those who have suffered, this illuminating expose; examines how a forgotten region of one of Africas most promising nationsUganda, dubbed "the pearl" of Africa by Winston Churchillhas been systematically destroyed by a bloody, senseless, and seemingly endless war that has gone largely unnoticed by the rest of the world. For the past 20 years, the Lords Resistance Army has ravaged northern Uganda and has been led by the reclusive Joseph Kony, a former witch doctor and self-professed spirit medium. Through the large-scale abduction and manipulation of children, Kony transformed his army into an efficient killing machine that has murdered nearly 100,000 and displaced two million people. Kony utilized the society's pervasive belief in witchcraft to instill cultlike convictions in his fighters. This insightful analysis delves into the wars foundations and argues that, much like Rwandas genocide, international intervention is needed to stop Africas virulent cycle of violence.